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Final Thumbs Up For Waverley "New Community" Project

27/07/2010

UK COAL’s planning proposals for a new community of almost 4,000 homes and commercial developments to create new jobs on the former Orgreave-Waverley surface mine sites have been given the full go-ahead. Rotherham Borough Council has..

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Waverley Regeneration Project Gets The Green Light

26/01/2010

PLANNING proposals for the Waverley New Community and a new 60,000 sq.m (645,000 sq ft) Government Office Campus have been given the go ahead by Rotherham Borough Council. After several months of speculation about the future of..

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Minister visits Waverley New Community

15/10/2009

Business Minister Ian Lucas MP, has visited South Yorkshire to see plans for the proposed new £100million Waverley Community in Rotherham. The 741 acre site, owned by UK COAL, covers an area bigger than Sheffield city centre and is in..

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MP Plants Millionth Tree in Yorkshire for UK Coal

25/08/2009

KEVIN Barron, MP for Rother Valley, made a special visit to the site of UK COAL’s £100m Waverley community in the heart of South Yorkshire recently, to take part in a symbolic tree planting ceremony with school children and young people..

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£100M Waverley Scheme To Create New Community

24/04/2009

The regeneration of Waverley, once one of Europe’s biggest collieries is gathering pace. This 741 acre site, which covers an area bigger than Sheffield city centre is in the final stages of restoration following the closure of the coke..

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Outdoor enthusiasts back Waverley

28/01/2009

Plans to bring 25 kilometres of new and restored footpaths, cycle routes and bridleways will deliver real and sustained benefits for the surrounding communities of Rotherham and Sheffield, say riders and ramblers. Representatives from..

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Pathway to success for South Yorkshires outdoor enthusiasts

14/01/2009

Cycle groups, ramblers and riders have been invited to see first hand how they are set to benefit from 25 kilometres of new and restored routes in and around the former Waverley industrial site between Rotherham and..

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Sights set on a house at Waverley

18/12/2008

More than 100 residents from Handsworth turned up to find out more about UK COAL’S plans to build a new sustainable community, by re-energising the brownfield former Waverley industrial site between Rotherham and Sheffield. UK COAL and..

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Rotherham organisations views on Waverley community project

12/12/2008

A major business organisation in South Yorkshire is backing multi million pound proposals for the region’s largest ever brownfield development. Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber of Commerce has supported proposals by property and energy..

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Plans for South Yorkshire's biggest brownfield development submitted to council

20/08/2008

MULTI million pound proposals for South Yorkshire's largest ever brownfield development creating a new 4,000 home community across 741 acres have been submitted to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. The plans by mining, property..

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Final Thumbs Up For Waverley "New..

UK COAL’s planning proposals for a new community of almost 4,000 homes and commercial developments to create new jobs on the former Orgreave-Waverley surface mine sites have..

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Waverley Regeneration Project Gets The..

PLANNING proposals for the Waverley New Community and a new 60,000 sq.m (645,000 sq ft) Government Office Campus have been given the go ahead by Rotherham Borough Council...

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