Episode 5: Broad Marsh, Nottingham

What does a public body do with the first year of owning a thirty-acre city-centre site, before a single planning application goes in?

In Episode 5 of Legacy in Practice, we walk through Broad Marsh in Nottingham, one of the largest city-centre regeneration sites in the UK, tracing its journey from a stalled shopping-centre redevelopment to a flagship public-sector-led scheme.

I'm joined by Sam Rosillo, Senior Planning and Land Manager at Homes England, who has led delivery of the site since the agency took ownership in March 2025.

We talk about the Big Conversation that shaped the brief before Homes England even owned the site, the place-based indicators built from thousands of public responses, and what's already changing on the ground — from a new NHS diagnostic centre to the decision to keep Sevens House standing because of the caves beneath it.

Recorded on foot across the site, this episode traces how a public body chose to spend its first year not drawing plans, but listening.

Listen now to Episode 5 of Legacy in Practice.

This episode is part of the E.C.F. podcast series, exploring how community engagement shapes real places.

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