This page lists some facts and figures that are relevant to the proposed development.

• At its peak, the Stanton Iron Works site provided employment for 12,500 people.
• England is the most crowded major country in Europe.  Germany has twice as much space and France four times as much.
• The narrow strip of greenbelt only a few miles wide separates a Nottingham city population of 286,000 and a Derby city population of  234,000.
• In the 2006 Nottingham & Derby Greenbelt Review, the area between Nottingham and Derby was considered as the most important in containing urban development and at danger from 'settlement coalesence'.