Life sweet for housebuilder as planning chiefs approve maiden scheme

Plans for a £14m residential development on 4.5 acres of land near Alfreton have been given the given the green light.

Honey – the housebuilding venture founded by former Avant Homes CEO Mark Mitchell – will deliver 50 two, three and four-bedroom homes on Lees Lane in South Normanton after the proposals won the approval of planning bosses.

The development, named “Amber”, is the Sheffield-based housebuilder’s first since launching last October. Work has already begun on site, with the first homes expected to be available for occupation in March next year.

Honey will make a £160,000 contribution to local community initiatives as part of the scheme.

Mitchell said: “Our focus at Honey is to ensure all our homes provide buyers with an ideal combination of style, substance and sustainability which is unmatched at its price point.

“We are hugely excited to now be able to start building and make our homes available to buyers for the very first time.

“South Normanton is an excellent location for us to launch our high build quality, high specification new homes.

“We had a significant number of enquiries via our website when we announced we had submitted planning for Amber. We are now contacting those prospective buyers and would ask anyone else who is considering buying a Honey home at Amber to register their interest with us as soon as they can.”