A PLOT of Barnsley Council land at Elsecar may be sold as part of a project which could see around 30 new affordable homes built there.

The site, at King Street, is surplus to the council needs and it has been looking to sell it since 2014, when it opened an ‘informal tenders’ process to take bids for the land.

If the current deal is approved, the sale will generate £250,000 for the council.

That was unsuccessful and it has now been involved in discussions with a building firm which would like to take it on as a site for around 30 affordable homes.

Read more in this weeks Barnsley Chronicle