Affordable homes estate in doubt as planners recommend refusing development

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Nov 10, 2025

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Good morning and welcome to your weekly briefing from Ashfield News. Today, plans for more than 100 affordable homes are being recommended for refusal, a brazen burglar walked down a street in broad daylight with a stolen TV, and more.

Affordable housing plan could be rejected over safety fears

A plan to build more than 100 new homes off Mill Lane in Sutton in Ashfield has been recommended for refusal amid safety concerns over the site’s only access road.

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