Land acquired a colliery for hundreds of homes

A deal has been agreed for land at a former colliery in West Yorkshire to bring forward the first phase of a significant new housing development.Templegate Developments, a joint venture partnership of Evans Property Group and Keyland Developments, has agreed terms of sale with Avant Homes and Evans Homes for the acquisition of strategic housing land at the 170 acre Skelton Gate site in the Leeds Aire Valley.Both Avant Homes and Evans Homes are each purchasing half of phase one of the development, which comprises a total 27 acres, for a combined 400 homes.Planning consent is in place to build 1,800 new homes on the former open cast colliery site, which sits to the east of Junction 45 of the M1.As well as new homes, the Skelton Gate will also provide a primary and secondary school, public open space, a local centre and a convenience store as well as associated infrastructure.