Hucknall-Major Scheme Business Case

In order to seek a significant funding commitment from the Government toward the Hucknall Town Centre Improvement Scheme, Nottinghamshire County Council submitted a Major Scheme Business Case (MSBC) in October 2007 to the Department for Transport.   The MSBC was was compiled in line with the New Approach to Transport Appraisal (NATA) set out by the Government which assesses the scheme against a range of environmental, social and economic factors.

The Department for Transport is now assessing the submission using a framework to determine how well it satisfies the Government’s five objectives for transport: Environmental, Safety, Economy, Accessibility and Integration and whether the scheme represents good value for money. The County Council expect to hear by mid - 2008 if the scheme has been accepted for ‘Programme Entry’ and can therefore move to the next stage of design.

Future stages include development of a design, submission of a planning application, further consultation, statutory processes, the opportunity to object formally to proposals and potentially a public inquiry, all of which may take several years to complete before proposals are implemented on the ground. Provided that the outcome of each stage is positive the programmed year for the earliest start of construction is 2010.

The business case document is available to download below, all documents are in the PDF format.

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