Olive Lane

Harworth has now commenced construction works at Olive Lane, after securing planning consent for this exciting new part of Waverley late last year.

In December, we were joined by members of Waverley Community Council and Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council to celebrate work beginning on site.

We know that the local community is looking forward to Olive Lane being built, and we wanted to provide an update on the amenities we’re planning to create there. 

Alongside new homes and the medical centre, there will be commercial units which are currently being marketed to potential occupiers for uses such as cafés, restaurants or bars, a convenience food store, a pharmacy, a nursery, and other small retail shops.  The exact uses of these units will depend on interest from occupiers.

So far, we have confirmed an occupier for the convenience food store, and we can announce that Waverley Community Council will be the occupier of the community centre.  The plan below shows where these units will be.

While we appreciate residents and businesses at the AMP are excited to find out more about the wider units, we will not be able to make any announcements until agreements with occupiers have been finalised. 

We are hoping to do so over the coming months, so please keep an eye on wearewaverley.com for updates.

Our intention is for Olive Lane to be built by the end of this year, with the occupiers moving into the units early next year.

Visuals to include: image of groundbreaking event; plan of Olive Lane; CGI of Olive Lane

Highwall Park

Creating green, open spaces for the community to enjoy at Waverley is very important to us – and we’re excited to be making progress on Highwall Park.

This 20-acre park will run through the heart of Waverley and connect the Advanced Manufacturing Park and Olive Lane with Waverley Lakes.  

Planning permission for the earthworks and drainage infrastructure, needed to form the contours of the park, has already been granted by Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, and these works will soon be undertaken.

Given the size of the park, we will be delivering it in three phases, with the intention that the final phase is complete and open for the community to enjoy by the end of 2025. 

Harworth is currently developing the detailed design for the park, setting out play space locations, footpaths, and other features such as ponds and trees.

The first area to be created is located next to the bike track and we’ll soon be seeking feedback from the community on the design of this area.  Please keep an eye out for more details on this consultation in the coming weeks, and we look forward to hearing your views. 

Visuals to include: Highwall Park visuals

Update from Avant Homes

Avant Homes has commenced work to build essential drainage infrastructure to connect homes at its Riverside development to the foul water pump station. 

These works are expected to take place over a period of eight weeks, ending towards the end of March.

During this time, access to the section of footpath running along the river at the bottom of the development towards Waverley Lakes will be blocked.  The area that will be blocked is outlined in yellow on the plan below.

Visuals showing area of footpath blocked.

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