Newton, Nottinghamshire

Housing

Newton, offers a mix of housing options, including new developments and established properties.

• RAF Housing
• In 2013 Bellway and David Wilson Homes added 'Poppyfields' developments in and around Newton.
• Redrow is developing Newton Garden Village, offering new homes.
  • Redrow has been acquired by Barratt, there have now been changes to the original plans.

Rushcliffe Borough Council

Newton Ward

Councillor Debbie Solomon is the Rushcliffe Borough Councillor for Newton Ward, which includes Newton, Saxondale, Shelford, Upper Saxondale.

She defected from The Conservatives to Reform UK on 8 October 2025 to stand as a single Reform UK Councillor.

Newton Parish Council

• The Parish Council two of the play areas with the third, on Oxford Drive, being managed and maintained by Redrow.
• Village Hall - The Village Hall will be situated on Oxford Drive adjacent to the Play Area and provide a much needed addition to the growing village

Facilities/Amenities

Newton, has a 1936 Squadron Air Cadets which is used for parish council meetings. A new Village hall is being added as part of the Redrow development in additional to a cricket pitch and playground.

• Funding for a School in Newton as part of the expanded development has since been diverted to Bingham Primary which is not part of Newton catchment.
• A pedestrian footbridge over the A46 is still pending.
• There is no amenities such as a Shop, Cafe, Pub, Takeaway, Nursery, School, Doctors, Dentist that would be expected from a village.

Commercial

The former RAF Newton site still contains several aircraft hangars, which are now used by businesses for distribution, such as John Deere and Blue Diamond Garden Centres under the ownership of Newton LLP. With the recent development(s) of housing in the area, there have been frequent complaints to the local planning authority concerning operating hours, the movement of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and staff through the residential villages, and proposed expansions to the commercial operations. Critics also argue that the commercial activities do not provide high-value employment opportunities for local residents.

A public consultation is currently underway (source) regarding a proposal to relocate heavy goods vehicle (HGV) traffic from Newton Lane, which runs through Redrow’s Newton Garden Village development. The consultation follows significant public opposition to the original warehouse proposal at the former RAF Newton site.

Amendments to the RAF Newton proposals replace the previously proposed large B8 warehouse with additional residential development and omit the pedestrian footbridge over the A46, substantially reducing the scheme’s connectivity provisions to neighbouring Bingham.

References

References

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9. (2023-06-12). "Plans for warehouse at former RAF Newton approved".