Harworth has sold a 26-acre parcel of land at its Cadley Park development in Swadlincote, Derbyshire to Avant Homes, who intend to build 400 units on the site.

The site, which has reserved matters planning consent, is Harworth’s single largest plot sale to date by approved residential units.

Harworth received outline-planning consent from South Derbyshire District Council in 2014 for the re-development of Cadley Park, including 600 new homes, a golf course and driving range and a new Country Park. Since then, Harworth has used its remediation and infrastructure capabilities to prepare the site for redevelopment.

Located 10 miles south of Burton on Trent, the Avant scheme, part of Harworth’s wider 200-acre Cadley Park development, will include a selection of two, three, four and five-bedroom homes.

Owen Michaelson, Chief Executive of Harworth Group plc, said: “This is the largest single residential parcel by number of plots that we have sold to an individual house builder, reflecting the continued strength of the Midlands property market and the ongoing demand for good value new homes in the Midlands and North. Furthermore the deal also builds on our long-standing relationship with Avant Homes, with whom we share a vision for placemaking and delivery at a number of our major developments.”

Prior to the Avant sale, Harworth sold 11 acres of land in early 2018 to Taylor Wimpey for the development of 132 homes and completed the development of a 9-hole golf course, a 9-hole family golf course and a driving range all leased to tenant N1 Golf.

Michaelson said: “I am also pleased that we have delivered on our promise to local stakeholders to deliver a top class country park and public golf facility at Swadlincote, emphasising our commitment to placemaking as one of the leading master developers and regenerators in the UK today.”

This is the sixth serviced land parcel that Avant Homes has acquired from Harworth in the last five years.