Category: Housing

More Housing on Former Ruddington Green Belt?

Graham Wright

Another 32 new homes could be built on former Green Belt land in Ruddington if planning permission is granted to construct them in the grounds of an existing village property. Rather than selling The Croft at 211, Loughborough Road as a large, family home, Lincolnshire based Pygott & Crone Holdings Limited is instead advertising it for the owner as “…8.5 acres of prime residential development (stp), alongside an existing residential dwelling.” It suggests that the current property could be converted into three town houses – for a developer to sell individually – and…

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Property of The Week

Graham Wright

This week’s Thomas James Estate Agents‘ featured Ruddington property is an immaculately presented, semi detached home at Samson Court – offering three bedrooms, enclosed gardens front – and priced at £240,000.   You can view this property in a new browser window >>HERE<<. Please contact Thomas James Estate Agents directly for more information, or to arrange a viewing, by ‘phoning 0115 984 4660 or emailing ruddington@tjea.com  If you purchase a residential property before 30th June 2021, you only start to be liable for Stamp Duty on the amount you pay for a home…

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Property of the Week

Graham Wright

This week’s Thomas James Estate Agents‘ featured Ruddington property is a semi detached home on Wilford Road – offering three bedrooms, a large driveway to the front, and a good sized, enclosed rear garden – at a guide price of £270,000.   You can view this property in a new browser window >>HERE<<. Please contact Thomas James Estate Agents directly for more information, or to arrange a viewing, by ‘phoning 0115 984 4660 or emailing ruddington@tjea.com  If you purchase a residential property before 30th June 2021, you only start to be liable for Stamp…

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March/April Roadworks

Graham Wright

Highway maintenance and construction works taking place in our village over the next few weeks, which are liable to disrupt traffic, are as follows:- Tuesday 23rd March to Friday 26th March 2021 – Old Loughborough Road – approx. 50m south of the junction with Landmere Lane – 24 hour two-way traffic signals – installation of new electricity supply by Western Power Distribution. Wednesday 21st April 7.00am to Saturday 24th April 5.00pm – Two-way 24 hour temporary traffic lights on Kirk Lane adjacent to Sycamore Close – work by Severn Trent Water in the…

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Property of the Week

Graham Wright

This week’s Thomas James Estate Agents‘ featured Ruddington property is a period terrace on Shaw Street – at the heart of our village – offering three bedrooms arranged over three floors. The guide price is £240,000 and there is no upward chain.   You can view this property in a new browser window >>HERE<<. Please contact Thomas James Estate Agents directly for more information, or to arrange a viewing, by ‘phoning 0115 984 4660 or emailing ruddington@tjea.com  If you purchase a residential property before 30th June 2021, you only start to be liable…

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House Builder Seeks Highway Improvements Delay

Graham Wright

A property developer currently building 175 new houses on former Green Belt land in Ruddington is asking for “a change in time frame” for offsite highway improvements at two busy junctions. Avant Homes (Midlands) is seeking a “variation of planning Condition 9” 18/00300/OUT until the first 35 dwellings on its new 15.89 acre ‘Wilbur Chase’ development south of Musters Road have been occupied. To cope with the anticipated increase in traffic flow through Ruddington, the original approval was conditional upon financial contributions being made by Avant to the Local Highway Authority, both in lieu of…

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Rushcliffe School to Get Bigger

Graham Wright

There is some good news for Ruddington families who have children approaching secondary school age. Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC) has just agreed plans to expand Rushcliffe School. Councillors approved the proposals to extend the academy in West Bridgford – managed by the Spencer Academy Trust – at a Policy Committee meeting yesterday (Wednesday 17 March). It is to try to meet the rising demand for secondary school places in our area up to September 2025. This need has largely been brought about by a significant amount of new housing construction…

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It’s Census Sunday!

Graham Wright

This weekend will see a once-in-a-decade event which gives a snapshot of life right now in Ruddington and beyond. ‘Census 2021’, run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), takes place on Sunday 21st Match. By now, every village household should have received the documents above – each with a unique web access code – to enable residents to complete it. The Census, responses to which are required by law, is sent to every residential property across England and Wales. The information people give will decide how services are planned and funded.…

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Property of the Week

Graham Wright

This week’s Thomas James Estate Agents‘ featured Ruddington property is an extended five bedroomed home on Churchill Drive – with a garage plus off road parking for two further vehicles – and enclosed rear gardens. The asking price has now been reduced to £338,000 – and there is no upward chain.   You can view this property in a new browser window >>HERE<<. Please contact Thomas James Estate Agents directly for more information, or to arrange a viewing, by ‘phoning 0115 984 4660 or emailing ruddington@tjea.com  If you purchase a residential property…

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Property of the Week

Graham Wright

This week’s Thomas James Estate Agents‘ featured Ruddington property is an extended, semi-detached home – providing spacious accommodation, including four bedrooms – with gardens front and rear plus a garage – priced at £275,000.   You can view this property in a new browser window >>HERE<<. Please contact Thomas James Estate Agents directly for more information, or to arrange a viewing, by ‘phoning 0115 984 4660 or emailing ruddington@tjea.com  If you purchase a residential property before 30th June 2021, you only start to be liable for Stamp Duty on the amount you pay for a…

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