Plans for 138 new homes in Harworth get green light from the council

Housing developer Bellway Homes (Yorkshire) applied to Bassetlaw Council back in February for the appearance, layout and scale of 138 homes to be built on land south of Scrooby Road and north of Snape Lane.

Now, the homes have the go-ahead to be built after the design plans were approved by the authority several months later on November 28.

The homes form part of the Harworth Colliery Regeneration Scheme, a wider project given approval in 2021, which could see up to 1,300 properties built at the former colliery.

This wider site is designed and developed by the Harworth group.

Once fully completed, the large-scale project, referred to as the Simpson Park development, will contain housing schemes from various developers, including 71 homes built by Jones Homes, 125 homes built by Kier Living and 105 homes from Harworth Estates Investments.

The housing mix has changed since the February 2025 submission to include two-bedroom homes, where now the 138 homes will be split as 21 two-beds, 39 three-beds and 78 four-beds, with planning documents stating: “Demand from waiting lists in Bassetlaw shows there is a need for smaller [homes] in the area with an increasing demand for one and two-bed homes.”

Access to the development will be provided via the spine road along Brinsley Way, to the north of the site, with a further access point being established for additional housing to the west.

The plans for the design, appearance and layout of 218 homes by Stonebridge Homes – known as Phase 3C – are still awaiting approval in the council’s planning portal.

Harworth Colliery was mothballed in 2006, abandoned several years later and then demolished in 2013.

The details of many planning applications can be found in public notices advertised by local and regional newspapers.

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