Land between Ranby and Retford, Bassetlaw District - A New Settlement Opportunity
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Land between Ranby and Retford, Bassetlaw District A New Settlement Opportunity
Land Promotion Opportunity
Land to the North of A620, Bassetlaw District to approx. 522 acres (211 hectares). Proposals sought for a Promotion Partner by way of a Planning Promotion Agreement or Hybrid Promotion Agreement
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Land between Ranby and Retford – New Settlement Opportunity
The Opportunity On behalf of our Landowner client, Hawksmoor are instructed to seek a Promotion Partner to promote this strategic development opportunity. The Freehold Title is NT281425. The Land subject to the Promotion extends to circa 522 acres. The opportunity excludes the agricultural buildings land of circa 5 acres. The northern and western boundary of the site abuts the Chesterfield Canal. The southern boundary adjoins Ranby House School, Ranby Primary School and the A620, which would be expected to provide the primary access to the site. The eastern boundary adjoins Green Mile Farm, Old London Road and HM Prison Ranby, which is screened from the site itself. Location Retford railway station is approx. 3 miles to the east of the site. Access to the A1 (northbound and southbound) via the A620 is to the south west of the site. The market town of Worksop and its railway station is only 6 miles to the west. Both Retford and Worksop’s services and facilities are accessible via the No 43 bus. In terms of pending uses in the surrounding area, less than 3 miles to the south at the Apleyhead Interchange is a proposed logistics and distribution development. A hybrid planning application was submitted to Bassetlaw District by Caddick Developments in 2024. Technical The majority of the site falls within Flood Zone 1. There are two power lines which cross the site from north to south in the central and eastern section. A further (smaller) power line crosses the site in a rectangle pattern to the western edge of the site. It is anticipated that these power lines can be incorporated into the masterplanning process. No intrusive ground investigation works have been undertaken. Planning The land is located within the administrative district of Bassetlaw District. The Bassetlaw Local Plan (2020- 2038) was adopted in May 2024 which provides the planning framework, strategic vision and sets the amount of housing and commercial development required. The site also lies within the Babworth Neighbourhood Plan Area. Consultation on the Submission Draft was consulted upon in February and early March 2025. The Neighbourhood Plan seeks to allocate land for small scale development only.
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In March 2025, Bassetlaw District published a Local Development Scheme which sets out a timetable for reviewing its Local Plan. It is now anticipated that scoping/early participation (and potentially a call for sites) will take place in 2025/2026, with evidence gathering/drafting the plan/proposed allocations/submission being during 2026-2028, examination in late 2028/2029 and adoption of the Plan in summer 2029. The change in Government has resulted in a higher and new government mandated housing requirement figure of 613 homes per annum. In the years leading up to the adoption of the Local Plan, the Council were supporting the allocation of a new settlement (Bassetlaw Garden Village) located adjacent the Apleyhead Interchange. The Council produced a New Settlement document in January 2020 that reviewed various sites before deciding upon Apleyhead as its preferred location. The site was removed from the Local Plan in 2022 before the Local Plan got close to adoption on the understanding that land owners had said that the site was no longer ‘available’. It is our view that the subject site has strong prospects for delivering a new settlement given its single ownership, strategic location near the A1, Worksop and Retford and the contained nature of the site. This enables opportunities for garden village principles to be considered, improving access to and carefully masterplanning around the canal to meet housing needs in the forthcoming plan period.
Offers If this opportunity is of interest, please ensure your offer includes the following:
i. Confirmation that you are content to proceed by way of a Planning Promotion Agreement or Hybrid Promotion Agreement. ii. Whether your organisation has the ability to construct and deliver infrastructure (where it makes commercial sense to do so and in agreement with the landowner) and any required % management fee. iii. Proposed length of agreement terms, clearly indicating extension periods. iv. Fee payable in consideration of the initial term and extension periods. v. Level of percentage return required under the Agreement. vi. Planning promotion cost caps. vii. Confirmation that you are not promoting unallocated or potentially competing major schemes elsewhere in Bassetlaw District. viii. An outline planning strategy of how you propose to promote the site. ix. Details of other sites you are promoting of a similar scale to demonstrate your credentials in the promotion of strategic land to our client. x. Track record politically and in terms of stakeholder engagement in Bassetlaw District or in Nottinghamshire. xi. Confirmation of payment of landowners’ professional fees (including agent and legal) xii. Necessary Board Approval for any offer to be submitted.
Closing date for offers: Midday on Thursday 5th June 2025 via email to Jonathan Wood and Richard Wain.
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Contact Information If you would like to discuss this site in further detail, please do not hesitate to contact Jonathan Wood or Richard Wain at Hawksmoor.
01543 266660
Telephone:
07842 415022 / 07725 823790
Mobile:
jwood@hawksmoorps.co.uk / rwain@hawksmoorps.co.uk
Email:
Important Note Hawksmoor for themselves and for the vendors of properties whose agents they are, give notice that the particulars and information package are set out in general outline and do not constitute or form part of an offer or contract. They are not to be relied upon as statements of representation or fact. All descriptions, dimensions (measured as a guide only), reference to condition and necessary planning permission for use and occupation are giving without responsibility to any intending purchaser. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of them. No person acting on behalf of the vendor or agent has authority to make or give representation or warranty on any property. Please contact Hawksmoor if you require additional information or clarification on any points. Any plans reproduced within these particulars and information pack are not to scale.
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