Avant Homes gets the go-ahead for £41.9m development

Housebuilder Avant Homes has secured approval for a £41.9m development in South Yorkshire.The Smithy Wood Gate development on Calver Lane in Dodworth, near Barnsley, will comprise a mix of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom homes. It will feature 13 of Avant Homes’ house types.Of the 179 homes, 40 are designated affordable housing.Planning permission was granted at a meeting of Barnsley Council’s planning regulatory board earlier this week (18 June 2024).Work at Smithy Wood Gate is expected to start on site in August, with the first residents expected to move into their new homes in March 2025.Richard Hosie, Avant Homes West Yorkshire managing director, said: “We are committed to building quality new homes for everyone in popular residential locations. Smithy Wood Gate is an excellent example of this.”We now look forward to starting work on the new and thriving community that we are building in Dodworth, providing practically designed, energy-efficient homes at various price points.”The development has a mix of properties that will appeal to everyone from first time buyers, to second steppers, families and downsizers.”Now that planning has been granted, we fully anticipate that these homes will prove extremely popular with prospective buyers in the local area.”