MORNING EDITION: Pothole protest plan

Good morning 🌅 It's Monday! Here's your latest email updating you on the latest news and information from across Gedling borough. Have a great day.

Latest planning applications submitted to Gedling Borough Council

These are the latest applications to have been submitted to and validated by Gedling Borough Council last week.

These applications will now be decided by Gedling borough planners.

Application to discharge conditions 9, 10, 11, 13 (relating to Biodiversity Net Gain) of application 2025/0703 (Proposed renovation and extension of existing cottage, to form two dwellings including access driveway, parking and associated gardens)
34 Main Street Calverton Nottinghamshire NG14 6FQ
Ref. No: 2026/0069DOC

Proposed replacement of existing conservatory roof with solid roof, replacement of windows in a conservation area.
4 Willow Lane, Gedling
Ref. No: 2026/0064

Erection of a single-storey ancillary residential annexe within the rear garden of the existing dwelling
7 Pool Meadow, Colwick
Ref. No: 2026/0060

Discharge of conditions 5 (Construction Emissions Management Plan), 6 (Local Labour Agreement) and 7 (Bin and Cycle Store) of planning permission 2025/0567.
Midlands Academy Of Dance & Drama 428 Carlton Hill Carlton Nottinghamshire NG4 1JA
Ref. No: 2026/0055

A Silver birch (A) and an Ash tree (B). We'd like to prune the top of the trees down to a level which they've been pruned to previously. This involves taking approximately 2metres from the tops.
110 Main Road Gedling
Ref. No: 2026/0043TCA 

Steel portal, agricultural storage shed
155 Lowdham Lane, Woodborough 
Ref. No: 2026/0044

Discharge of Conditions 16 (Air Quality Assessment) and 18 (Local Labour Agreement) of planning permission 2021/0072 Excel sheet Employment and Skills -Redhill -
Land To The West Mansfield Road, Redhill
Ref. No: 2026/0041DOC

Proposed roof mounted solar panels
Carlton Academy, Coningswath Road, Carlton
Ref. No: 2026/0036

Demolition of existing garage, and proposed single-storey side extension with alterations to landscaping and boundary treatment
93 Walsingham Road, Woodthorpe
Ref. No: 2026/0022

Retrospective planning application for the erection of a single storey detached garden room with attached veranda for use incidental to the enjoyment of the dwelling house.
15, Linden Place, Arnold
Ref. No: 2025/0917

🕳️ Call for cross-party working group to tackle Gedling borough's pothole problem

A Gedling borough councillor has called for the formation of a cross-party working group to tackle the pothole problem across Notts.

Conservative councillor Darren Maltby represents Bestwood St Albans on Gedling Borough Council and so far says he has received backing from Reform and Conservative councillors in Notts

He now wants to get a first meeting in the diary to discuss the problems and how they can be solved to improve the borough's roads.

Darren said: "I would encourage our MPs and councillors to get on board with this so that all our residents get some grown up decisions made outside of party politics about how we can tackle this problem."

Over the weekend, residents bombarded key figures in Notts about the state of the borough's roads as part of an organised campaign promoted on the Gedling Borough Potholes Facebook group.

An email template was prepared and shared with group members by user Peter Brooks who asked them to use it and include details about the state of roads in their area. Residents were then encouraged to send it to Nottinghamshire County Council leader Cllr Mick Barton and David Langford, the director of highways, transport and waste management at Nottinghamshire County Council over the weekend.

The template read: "The state of the roads in Nottinghamshire has gone beyond deplorable. Many of them are in such a state as to be a serious danger to both road users and pedestrians. This is not a “sensational” opinion - this is hard fact. What plans do the council have to remedy the situation?"

🌳 Plaques to be unveiled recognising parts of Gedling borough that were once part of Sherwood Forest

A number of plaques are being unveiled across Gedling borough next week to recognise areas that were once part of the historic Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire.

One of the plaques is to be unveiled on Friday (February 20) in Gedling Country Park by Mayor Kyle Robinson-Payne at 10.15am near Cafe1899. It recognises that Gedling Country Park was once one of the most eastern points of the legendary forest. Members of the public are welcome to attend the ceremony.

These are the times other plaques will be unveiled across the borough on Friday:

9.30am - Jubillee Park pavillion, Burton Road, Gedling
11am - Mapperley - Westdale Lane Community Centre, Mapperley
12pm - Arnold - The AMP

During the 13th Century, at the peak of the Robin Hood legend, Sherwood Forest covered about a fifth of Nottinghamshire including what is now Gedling Country Park.

Sherwood Forest was a "Royal Forest," meaning it was a legally defined area for hunting protected by strict Forest Law, and covered approximately 100,000 acres (roughly 156 square miles), featuring a mix of woodland, heathland and villages rather than a solid, dense forest.

It was historically defined by the River Trent to the south, the Meden to the north, the Leen to the southwest, and the Doverbeck to the southeast. It shrank significantly over the centuries, particularly due to the demand for timber.

🔪 Number of stab wounds being treated by surgeons fall across county

The number of stabbings being treated by surgeons in Notts is showing a sustained fall.

Health teams at the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, based at the Queen’s Medical Centre, have seen a reduction in stabbings of more than a quarter during the past three years.

In 2022, 202 people were treated for stab wounds at the centre, but this fell to 182 in 2023, 166 in 2024 and 141 last year.

As a percentage of all trauma calls, stabbings have reduced from 11 per cent in 2022, to 9.7 per cent in 2023, 8.9 per cent in 2024 and seven per cent in 2025.

.JJ Reilly, one of the surgeons in the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, said: “While we continue to face the devastating consequences of knife crime far too often, it is pleasing to see these figures going in the right direction.

"We feel if we don’t try to do something to prevent these injuries happening in the first place we will have failed, and that is why we are working with Nottinghamshire Police and the Nottinghamshire Violence Reduction Partnership.”

🌤️ WEATHER UPDATE

Looking out the window so you don't have to...

Today there will be bright or sunny spells and scattered showers, these will sometimes be heavy with the risk of hail and perhaps a rumble of thunder into the afternoon. Winds will ease through the day

Tonight showers will clear during the evening, allowing lengthy clear spells to develop and a frost to form. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

On Tuesday there will be a risk of wintry showers with bright or sunny spells likely drier into the afternoon with winds easing. Maximum temperature 5 °C.