Former rail and mining sites to accommodate 466 homes

Work has begun on developing hundreds more homes in Yorkshire, in two schemes being delivered by housebuilder Gleeson Homes.

Foundations are set to be laid in early January 2025 to add 466 affordable homes to the region’s residential pipeline.

Leeds-based Edward Architects is the instructed architectural team across both developments including a former main colliery plot in Doncaster, and in Leeds, a former railway goods sidings site.

Edward Architects completed outline planning and reserve matters consent for Danum Glade, a 41.4 acre former colliery plot in Warmsworth, Doncaster to deliver 333 homes.

The architects’ practice also completed detailed planning consent, site design and layout works, as well as being the ecology and natural landscape lead on Waterloo Sidings in Halton Moor, Leeds, a former railway goods sidings site, which will house 133 new homes.

The Danum Glade development in Doncaster will transform a vacant brownfield site on Broomhouse Lane, providing a mix of two, three and four-bedroom semi-detached and detached homes.

Part of the former colliery to the south of the site has been redeveloped as Edlington Country Park and will include a  pedestrian woodland trail and new access road from Broomhouse Lane.

Waterloo Sidings in Leeds will include two, three and four-bedroom properties aimed at first-time buyers, downsizers and growing families.  New pedestrian footpaths will connect the site to Wykebeck Avenue, with access from Halton Moor Avenue.

Oliver Smith, associate at Edward Architects, said: “It was refreshing to work on these historical, former national rail and coal board site schemes with semi parkland settings and lots of footpath links, as well as community trails and ecology providing a great location for the housing developments.

“We worked on both projects from the very early stages and on the Doncaster site for the former land owner, Harworth Estates, where we provided early feasibility studies, so it’s satisfying to see the evolution of the scheme from conception through to construction.”

Adam Layhe, regional managing director at Gleeson Homes, added: “These two regeneration projects are demonstrative of our success at transforming brownfield sites into thriving communities alongside providing high-quality, affordable homes for those who need them the most.

“Working alongside Edward Architects, we’re proud to contribute to the local housing pipeline and bring much-needed homes to Doncaster and Leeds.”