![Aerial view of a sprawling suburban residential area surrounded by vast green fields and patches of forest. Masterplanned by Leonard Design, the neighborhood features a lake, orderly streets with houses, ample green space, and nearby agricultural fields extending into the distance.](https://leonard.design/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/DT_Masterplanning-Thoresby-Vale-IMG1-1200x705.jpg 1200w, https://leonard.design/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/DT_Masterplanning-Thoresby-Vale-IMG1-800x470.jpg 800w, https://leonard.design/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/DT_Masterplanning-Thoresby-Vale-IMG1-400x235.jpg 400w, https://leonard.design/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/DT_Masterplanning-Thoresby-Vale-IMG1.jpg 1786w)
Unlocking Nottinghamshire’s leisure offers and opportunities. Thoresby Vale is a unique 473 acre masterplan, transforming the former colliery site into a new community with a diverse mix of uses, and safeguarding a country park.
The masterplan will create a community that both integrates with its diverse historical roots, promotes heritage going forwards, and becomes a lasting legacy for Thoresby and the surrounding villages through mixed-use development. It is a deliverable vision with a new 99 hectare country park and containing up to 800 new homes, as well as educational provisions, significant green infrastructure, leisure, community, 8 hectares of employment land, retail and health and wellness offers.
Client
Harworth Estates
![An aerial site plan by Leonard Design showcases a large residential development surrounded by forested areas and farmland. The architecture includes clusters of houses with curving streets, central green spaces, water features, and pockets of undeveloped green areas.](https://leonard.design/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/DT_Masterplanning-Thoresby-Vale-IMG2-1200x705.jpg 1200w, https://leonard.design/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/DT_Masterplanning-Thoresby-Vale-IMG2-800x470.jpg 800w, https://leonard.design/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/DT_Masterplanning-Thoresby-Vale-IMG2-400x235.jpg 400w, https://leonard.design/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/DT_Masterplanning-Thoresby-Vale-IMG2.jpg 1786w)