UK Coal said that its vast estate of land is beginning to live up to its potential, after signing housing and manufacturing deals on its biggest regeneration site.

The Doncaster based group recently announced deals to bring three national house builders to Waverley near Rotherham and Sheffield, plus a contract for engineering giant Rolls-Royce to build a turbine factory on the site’s Advanced Manufacturing Park.

Harworth Estates, the property arm of the UK’s biggest coal miner, exchanged contracts with Rolls-Royce for it to build a 165,000 sq ft factory on a 17.4-acre site.

The group also agreed a deal for Taylor Wimpey, Barratt Homes and Harron Homes to acquire 20 acres for an initial 254 homes. These will form the first phase of a new town which will eventually include about 3,800 homes.

The 710-acre Waverley site is built on the former Orgreave surface mine and coking plant, part of the Sheffield City Region Enterprise Zone.

Mr Owen Michaelson MD of Harworth Estates said that “It’s our single biggest project. The whole Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) vision was designed to encourage manufacturers like Rolls-Royce. We’ve been keeping quiet for the past 12 months as we had a job to do. Our most important site is now up and running. We’ve actually got the right to say something.”

(Sourced from www.yorkshirepost.co.uk)