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The proposed layout and design of the new development (Pegasus Group)

The layout of a new 430-home housing development just outside Newark has been approved despite some councillors raising fears over part of it sitting in a flood zone.

Initial permission for 1,800 homes on land in Fernwood was granted in February 2024, and the homes are being built in various phases.

Persimmon Homes will be building 430 homes off Claypole Lane, and the green light has now been given for the design and layout of the development at a Newark and Sherwood District Council planning committee meeting on September 4.

However, concerns were raised over a section of the development that sits within an area where the probability of flooding is high, with between a 1 in 30 and 1 in 100 chance of floodi

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