Almost 100 new homes to be built on former school site in Worksop
A new housing estate is to be built on the site of a former primary school in Worksop.
Planners have given the green light to the 95-home development on the site of the former Manton Primary School that lies off Kingston Road.
The school was closed down in 2008, and the building has since been demolished.
A planning application for the new builds was submitted to Bassetlaw District Council in October last year, and is a joint scheme put forward by Vistry North Midlands and Nottinghamshire County Council.
It includes a mixed development of one to four-bedroom homes, 20 per cent of which will be classed as affordable housing, with green spaces and play areas for children to be included.
There are a number of mature trees on the site that will be retained within the development, with more than 100 new ones to be planted as part of the overall scheme.