Plans have been submitted for a fully-affordable housing development on the empty site of a former Ashfield care home to help with a ‘shortfall’ in affordable housing. Ashfield District Council submitted plans itself for 20 new council homes in Kirkby-in-Ashfield last Wednesday (September 24) on land off Fairhaven. The spot is the site of the former Kirklands Residential Care Home and Day Care Centre which vacated in 2016. The plans for the ‘100 percent affordable homes’ aims to make a “noteworthy contribution” to the affordable housing options available in the town and wider district. Planning papers say: “The proposed development will make a noteworthy contribution to affordable housing provision in Kirkby in Ashfield and the wider Ashfield district.