A strategic urban extension of Mansfield has reached a major milestone, with the completion of a new spine road.

The Lindhurst development, a £250m site to the south of Berry Hill, will expand provide new homes and jobs.

More than 500 homes have already been built and are occupied.

The development is being delivered by the Lindhurst Group, a partnership between Nottinghamshire County Council, Westerman Homes, and Lindhurst Jersey Ltd.

When complete, the 480-acre site will provide new community and commercial space worth an estimated £100m a year to the local economy, as well as up to 1,700 new houses. It is expected to generate up to 4,000 new jobs and include 31,000sq metres of commercial space and almost 190,000sq metres of work floorspace.

The new £3m one-kilometre spine road goes through the centre of the site, linking it to the Adamsway roundabout on the A6117. Funded by D2N2, the road will provide access to the planned local centre for the future community, which should include shops, a health centre, primary school, nursery, care homes, and offices.

A community park and other green spaces are also planned, as well as a hotel, petrol station, and roadside catering.

Now that the road is complete, housing, retail, and employment developers can move on to the land. The road will open progressively as occupiers are ready over the course of a year or more.

Nottinghamshire County Council said the roadbuilding work is being carried out by Balfour Beatty and overseen by the Arc Partnership. The workforce is local, with 27% living within 10 miles of the scheme, and a further 56% between 10 and 20 miles. In addition, more than 95% of construction waste has been diverted from land fill.

Ben Bradley MP, council leader, said: “I’m pleased to see good progress being made on the site. It’s going to bring in millions to the local economy, thousands of skilled jobs, and contracts for local firms.

“It’s also creating hundreds of much-needed new homes for Nottinghamshire.”