Work on the development of 32 homes on an unused part of the Brookfields Garden Centre site in Nottinghamshire could start towards the end of the year.

The developer, Davidsons Homes, which is in negotiations to buy the land, is seeking planning permission from Gedling Borough Council to build a mixture of one- to five-bedroom properties on the site, which has already been designated as suitable for housing.

The development is part of wider proposals for more than 500 new homes and a primary school across three sites in the area north of Arnold in a build programme scheduled to last for three-and-a-half years.