The ~20-acre regeneration of the demolished Broadmarsh shopping centre, next to Nottingham station. We track it honestly: the public realm, library and bus station are delivered, but the ~1,000 homes have no developer, no confirmed funding, and are not expected to start before ~2028.
Broad Marsh is the ~20-acre regeneration of the demolished former Broadmarsh shopping centre and surrounding “Southern Gateway” area, immediately south of Nottingham’s retail core and next to the railway station. After years of council-led stalling — worsened by the city council’s effective bankruptcy — delivery was reset in March 2025 when Homes England bought the site and became lead delivery body, working with Nottingham City Council and the East Midlands Combined County Authority. The plan is a mixed-use quarter of ~1,000 homes plus commercial and community space.
Two honest qualifications. First, the parts that are delivered are the public realm and civic anchors — the new Central Library, the Green Heart urban park, the bus station and car park, and the adjacent Nottingham College City Hub — not homes. Second, the housing has no appointed developer, no confirmed full funding, and is not expected to start before around 2028. The much-publicised Heatherwick vision to retain the old frame was scrapped in 2025; it is now a conventional cleared-site redevelopment.
How to use this profile: it’s Regeneration Intelligence, not a single-development buyer guide. For the investor picture see Buy-to-Let in Nottingham; for where to live and buy, see Living in Nottingham; and for rents, our Nottingham Rental Intelligence.
| Scheme | What it is | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Central Library | New ~£10m city-centre library; open (Nov 2023) | Verified · open |
| Green Heart urban park | ~£10.5m public green space and pedestrianisation; open (2024) | Verified · open |
| Bus station & car park | New Broadmarsh bus station and car park; open | Verified · open |
| Nottingham College City Hub | ~£58.5m, ~2,000-student campus on the former Narrowmarsh site; open | Verified · open |
| Site ownership | Homes England bought the site (March 2025); now lead delivery body | Verified |
| ~1,000 homes + commercial | Master-development-partner sought; redevelopment anticipated ~2028 | Monitoring |
| Old shopping-centre frame | Heatherwick 'reuse' vision scrapped; phased demolition underway | Verified |
Transport is the strongest, and genuinely delivered, part of Broad Marsh. Nottingham station sits directly on the southern edge of the site (London ~1h45, Birmingham, Sheffield), the NET tram serves the adjacent station stop, and the new Broadmarsh bus station is open within the scheme. That gives the site genuine, confirmed multi-modal connectivity now — not an aspiration. The connectivity is real; it is the housing that is not yet.
For buyers and investors, there is nothing to purchase here today. What exists is public realm and civic anchors; the ~1,000 homes have no appointed developer, no confirmed full funding, and an earliest start around 2028 — so no off-plan units, reservations or completions exist. This is a track-it location in the clearest sense.
The honest positives to monitor: Homes England’s ownership materially de-risks delivery compared with the previous council-led drift, and the station/tram adjacency plus completed public realm are real placemaking assets that should support the surrounding market over time. The honest negatives: the council’s 2023 Section 114 and repeated missed funding rounds are the backdrop, and the housing’s viability on a complex city-centre brownfield site is unproven. For the rental market that already exists around it, see Buy-to-Let in Nottingham.
Regeneration profiles change as schemes move. This panel records when we last checked, the current status, and what would prompt the next update.
| Field | Record |
|---|---|
| Verification date | 23 July 2026 — schemes and figures checked against the sources below |
| Current status | Monitoring — public realm and civic anchors delivered; ~1,000 homes have no developer or confirmed funding; earliest start ~2028 |
| Confidence | Confidence: High (delivered public realm) · Monitoring (homes, developer, funding, timeline) |
| Review cadence | Quarterly |
| Next scheduled review | October 2026 |
| Classification | Regeneration Profile (large-scale transformation intelligence) — the flagship anchor for our Nottingham Property Intelligence, not a single qualifying for-sale PIP at this stage |
The ~20-acre regeneration of the demolished Broadmarsh shopping centre, next to Nottingham station. Homes England bought the site in 2025 and leads delivery; the plan is ~1,000 homes plus commercial space, but only the public realm is built so far.
No - there is nothing to buy. The homes have no appointed developer, no confirmed full funding, and are not expected to start before around 2028. What exists today is the library, park and bus station.
The genuinely delivered parts are civic and public realm: the Central Library, the Green Heart park, the bus station and car park, and the adjacent Nottingham College City Hub - plus strong tram and rail connectivity.
Monitor, don't buy - there is no product. Homes England's ownership de-risks delivery, and the station adjacency and public realm should support the surrounding market over time, but the council's 2023 Section 114 and unproven housing viability are real caveats.
This anchors our Nottingham research — see the investor view in Buy-to-Let in Nottingham, the neighbourhoods in Living in Nottingham, the rental picture in Nottingham Rental Intelligence, or browse everything in Property Intelligence.
This is a Monitoring profile — details change as the schemes move. We re-verify quarterly; follow Hall’s Homes UK to catch updates.