Darton scheme to be built on site of former coal mine
Leeds-based housebuilder Rouse Homes has been granted outline approval to build 115 homes on a former coal mine site in south Yorkshire.
Barnsley council voted to back its planning officer’s recommendation to approve the 20% affordable scheme in Darton yesterday afternoon.
It will be built on a 4ha site split over two plots on the former site of the Woolley Colliery Mine, which closed in 1987 with the site being cleared in the early 1990s.
The site is now largely covered in vegetation, although there remains remnants of its historic use including concrete bases.
Parts of the site are classified as a “high risk” area for development because of the likely presence of shallow coal mine workings and mine entrances, although the council’s Local Plan said it is suitable for development.
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The planning officer added that a “robust” mitigation strategy had been put forward to protect the site’s county-wide importance for butterflies to prevent a loss of habitat and biodiversity.
The project team includes architects PDG Architectural, sustainability consultant JSP, planning consultant DLP Planning and engineer Fore.
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