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Thoresby Vale

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Insights

  • Site Size: 10Ha

  • Jobs: 1,000 expected

  • Timescale: 1-5 years

  • Planning Status: Approved

Thoresby Vale is an exciting new development situated on the former Thoresby Colliery site. It’s location on the outskirts of Edwinstowe and within the heart of the Sherwood area places this residential-led scheme amongst the heart of region’s most popular woodlands, forests and leisure attractions.

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The site has a 10-hectare allocation of employment land as part of a mixed-use scheme for more than 800 homes, a community centre, leisure facilities and green transport and infrastructure hub. In addition to this, plans are in place for a new country park and a primary school.

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The project will be delivered over a 10-year period, and will include additional facilities such as a new Local Centre, “The Heart of the New Community”. This will contain a mix of leisure, commercial, employment, community, retail (up to 500 m2), health, and residential uses.

Thoresby Vale is within walking distance of Edwinstowe and within easy commuting distance of Sheffield, Nottingham, Mansfield, Worksop and Chesterfield, as well as mainline stations at Doncaster, Newark, and Retford.

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Access to the A614, A1, A60 and A57 will provide ideal links for businesses located in the new employment space, which is planned to comprise of B1a, B1c, B2 uses.

This site has the potential to accommodate industries identified as key industrial growth sectors in the D2N2 Vision 2030 document.

 

Key facts

  • 800 housing plots to be created, with 362 plots sold as of the end of 2022

  • 250,000 ft2 of new commercial space will be available

  • Within easy commuting distance of Sheffield, Nottingham and mainline stations at Doncaster, Newark and Retford

  • Easy links to Sherwood Forest offer multiple opportunities to take advantage of the local leisure market

  • Creation of a new 350-acre country park

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