Planning Permission given by Wakefield City Council for Massive Housing Development
1 August 2007
UK Coal gets the go-ahead for 900 home mixed development at Pontefract
UK Coal has won planning permission from Wakefield Council to redevelop a 300-acre former Prince of Wales Colliery site at Pontefract in West Yorkshire and provide 917 houses for sale.
The oldest mine site in Britain will be transformed into 917 homes, a business and commercial park, along with a medical centre and community facilities as well as parkland.
The plans will now be referred for government endorsement. The Wakefield Council has agreed the engineeering and remediation works needed to create the development platform. Work is now underway to remove around 1.5million tonnes of coal slurry tipped on the site before mining ceased 6 years ago.
The Development Partnership behind the scheme involves Wakefield Council. UK Coal Chief Executive Jon Lloyd said: “Wakefield’s decision is a major milestone in the regeneration of an area with excellent communication links, a versatile and enthusiastic workforce and a community with a desire to move forward. The close working relationship and understandings developed with all the interested parties over recent years augurs well for the future. We look forward to turning the blueprint of a new future into a reality.”
UK Coal has also submitted a planning application to Rotherham Council for a new community development of around 4,000 houses for sale with associated community facilities, green areas and lakes on the 700-acre former Orgreave-Waverley surface mine site between Rotherham and Sheffield. An Advanced Manufacturing Park focusing high tech industries is currently being developed and other business and commercial centres are also planned.
There are also plans for a 5,000 home “ecotown” on UK Coal’s 300-acre former Rossington Colliery site near Doncaster, which are currently being outlined to villagers in a series of exhibitions in the South Yorkshire mining village. A government decision on its proposed ecotown developments is expected around the turn of the year.
The oldest mine site in Britain will be transformed into 917 homes, a business and commercial park, along with a medical centre and community facilities as well as parkland.
The plans will now be referred for government endorsement. The Wakefield Council has agreed the engineeering and remediation works needed to create the development platform. Work is now underway to remove around 1.5million tonnes of coal slurry tipped on the site before mining ceased 6 years ago.
The Development Partnership behind the scheme involves Wakefield Council. UK Coal Chief Executive Jon Lloyd said: “Wakefield’s decision is a major milestone in the regeneration of an area with excellent communication links, a versatile and enthusiastic workforce and a community with a desire to move forward. The close working relationship and understandings developed with all the interested parties over recent years augurs well for the future. We look forward to turning the blueprint of a new future into a reality.”
UK Coal has also submitted a planning application to Rotherham Council for a new community development of around 4,000 houses for sale with associated community facilities, green areas and lakes on the 700-acre former Orgreave-Waverley surface mine site between Rotherham and Sheffield. An Advanced Manufacturing Park focusing high tech industries is currently being developed and other business and commercial centres are also planned.
There are also plans for a 5,000 home “ecotown” on UK Coal’s 300-acre former Rossington Colliery site near Doncaster, which are currently being outlined to villagers in a series of exhibitions in the South Yorkshire mining village. A government decision on its proposed ecotown developments is expected around the turn of the year.
