Pleasley
The village of Pleasley is located within the former coal mining area of the Meden Valley in the Bolsover District with good road links to the M1 motorway.
Despite the closure of the local colliery in 1983, Pleasley did not suffer the same levels of decline as many other colliery villages. Instead, it has a large proportion of attractive and substantial private owner-occupied properties and there has been a significant amount of new housing built by private developers.
The New Terrace area however, is distinctly different from the majority of the village. Comprising a number of modest terraced and semi-detached properties constructed in the early 1900s to house colliery workers, much of this housing had fallen into a poor state of repair.
After being sold off 20 years ago by British Coal, the condition of these properties deteriorated along with the environment, leading to a spiral of decline. Vacant properties, vandalism and abandonment became major concerns in the area.
Progress
The 4.3 acre site at New Terrace has now been acquired by developer Bellway and work is well under way. A three year regeneration scheme, worth in excess of £10 million, will ensure run-down properties are replaced by 75 new homes. These will consist of a variety of one, two, three and four bedroom homes, made up of bungalows, semi-detached, detached and town houses.
The development, known as Phoenix Rise, will also house 12 affordable homes offered through South Yorkshire Housing Association, 10 for rental and two for Low Cost Home Ownership.
All new homes will be built to Ecohomes Very Good Standard - the Government's measure of environmental sustainability.
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