Dozens of homes proposed for former colliery site

Sheffield-headquartered housebuilder, Honey, has lodged plans to deliver a 54 home development in Waverley, Rotherham.

Called Homes by honey at Waverley, the £15.5m proposed development will be on the former Orgreave Colliery & Coking site off Rivelin Way.

Subject to planning, it will comprise a mix of two, three, four and five-bedroom homes and will include semi-detached and detached properties.

It will form part of the council’s larger redevelopment plans to transform the 740-acre Orgreave Colliery & Coking site into a new, sustainable community.

If given the go ahead by Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, construction is expected to start this summer, with residents able to move in from next summer. Of the 54 homes, 17 have been designated as affordable housing.

Founded in October 2022, Honey is backed by private equity firm Alchemy Partners and its Alchemy Special Opportunities Fund IV which has £937m of fully committed capital.

Since the start this year, Honey has secured six sites across Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire which, subject to planning, will deliver 867 homes and revenues of £262m.

Chief executive officer, Mark Mitchell, said: “Waverley is an outstanding regeneration project, so we are very pleased to be able to submit our plans for consideration to become part of it.

“We are committed to delivering homes designed to combine style, substance and sustainability for the benefit of our buyers and the communities in which we build.

“Our proposed Homes by honey at Waverley development will do just that, providing high quality, high specification new homes to meet the significant demand that exists in the area.

“We are excited by the opportunity to make our vison for our development a reality and we now look forward to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council considering our plans for the site.”