New 150-home development planned on site of former factory in Eastwood

The site of a former factory in Eastwood which made seating for the automotive industry could become a new housing estate with 150 homes.Beamlight Automotive Seating, a Nottingham-based manufacturer which can be traced back to the 1930s, collapsed in 2012 and its old factory in Newmanleys Road was demolished over the subsequent years.A planning application was submitted by Persimmon Homes for the development of the brownfield land, where, it says Broxtowe Borough Council has “positive intentions to deliver housing”.Persimmon says approval has already been given for 30 homes on the site and a joint application with St Modwen Properties for an additional 120 homes is awaiting approval.The properties would be a mixture of two, three, four and five bedroom starter and family homes.The developer says that due to the site’s industrial past, ground contamination would have to take place before houses were built, and a three-metre sound barrier would be erected to combat noise from the nearby A610.It says the development would benefit from nearby local facilities and existing transport networks.James Britt, 62, of Langar, previously lived in Brookhill Leys Road, which has been connected with Newmanleys Road by a newly developed roundabout that will assist the flow of any increased traffic.