‘Every little helps’ at Olive Lane

Work continues apace at Olive Lane – the new commercial buildings are being constructed, homes are being built and occupiers for the units are being firmed up. 

Harworth is pleased to now announce that Tesco will be opening a new store at Olive Lane.

This will be a convenience store where residents and those working at the Advanced Manufacturing Park and Olive Lane can shop for groceries or grab lunch.  The intention is for this to be open to the community early next year. 

We are in conversation with wider potential occupiers, and will continue to keep the community updated as and when further agreements are signed over the coming months.

You keep updated on construction progress at Olive Lane by viewing a timelapse camera on wearewaverley.com. 

New green, community space for Waverley

We are making great progress at Highwall Park, the new green space which sits at the heart of Waverley.

In recent weeks we have been carrying out earthworks on site, including the construction of two ponds in the southern area of the park.  We have also commenced installation of the footpaths throughout the first phase of the park, and drainage works are also underway.

Our intention is for these works to be completed by the end of September and we can then move forward with tree planting and soft landscaping for the first phase of the park.  This area – located by the bike track – would then be open to the public in Spring 2025.

Harworth has now submitted detailed plans for the second phase of the park to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council.  Our designs for this area can be viewed below, and we have developed these to reflect feedback from the local community and create a space where residents can come together, take a walk, and enjoy local wildlife. 

New homes at Waverley

In line with the approved masterplan for Waverley, approximately 177 new homes are due to be built on the land shown on the plan below between the railway line and Highfield Spring, known as parcel 4D.

Harworth’s detailed plans to prepare this land for development have now been approved by Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council.

We will be temporarily diverting the public footpath close to the site while enabling works take place including ground investigation and bulk earthworks, and the installation of drain connection points.  

These works will also support the potential delivery of the new Waverley train station in this part of the development which is indicatively shown on the plan below at the location of the existing footbridge.

Whilst South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority and Network Rail is leading on the potential development of the new train station at Waverley, Harworth is working closely with both parties and has designed the residential scheme to ensure access to a train station – if this is delivered – can be provided here.

The works to prepare the land for development began on Monday 29 July and will be taking place for the rest of this year. We will continue to keep residents updated on progress on wearewaverley.com.

During this time we will also be removing the trees on this land under the supervision of an ecological specialist. The majority of these trees were planted by Harworth several years ago as part of our work to test the soil quality of the former industrial land at Waverley, following its remediation. 

This process has helped inform our approach for creating green spaces across the wider development including at Highwall Park, where significant numbers of broadleaf and native trees will be planted alongside grassland, wetlands and a nature trail. We have also identified several other locations within the wider Waverley development where further tree planting can take place.

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