Public event to discuss 2,400-home Greasbrough plan

Work could start of building properties at Bassingthorpe Farm in Greasbrough in 2020, it was announced late last year.

More information about the project will be given at a public drop-in session at Greasbrough Primary School on Thursday, April 27, from 4pm to 8pm.

Bassingthorpe Farm is a major part of Rotherham Borough Council’s target of adding 900 homes a year in the borough.

The site was removed from the green belt in 2014 following a lengthy battle with campaigners who wanted it to remain agricultural.

The authority and landowners Fitzwilliam Wentworth Estate have said that proposals will also include 11 hectares of employment land, a new school, shops, a pub and sports fields.