Land sold at Merseyside scheme for 250-home development

Listed property development and investment business Harworth Group has sold a plot of land at a scheme in the Liverpool City Region to housebuilder Taylor Wimpey to bring forward more than 250 homes.Moss Nook is a 95-acre brownfield site located just over a mile from St Helens town centre, with an outline planning consent for the development of up to 900 homes.Harworth acquired the site in 2018, after previous development plans had stalled. It has since undertaken complex remediation works, including the capping of seven former mine shafts, which have been incorporated into the scheme design.The sale of a 16.2-acre land parcel to Taylor Wimpey represents the first phase of the development and will comprise 258 new homes.Alongside new homes, the masterplan for Moss Nook includes a new spine road with segregated pedestrian and cycle routes, providing a more direct connection to the town centre, alongside new landscaping, public open spaces and sports facilities. In addition, all new homes on this site will be fitted with EV charging points and delivered in line with a Design Code, to ensure high quality development and cohesiveness across phases.In December 2020, Harworth received a grant award from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s Brownfield Land Fund to construct the new spine road and unlock the first phase of residential development at the site.Harworth intends to develop Moss Nook in phases over the next eight to ten years.