Land At Former Highwoods Elm Road Mexborough S64 9RX Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Erection of mixed use commercial/residential development comprising 3 no. commercial units to ground floor (Use Class F2(a) retail unit, F2(b) community hall/meeting place and Sui Generis hot food takeaway) and 9 no. flats to the 1st and 2nd floors, with associated parking, landscaping and amenity areas, and creation of new access points Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 23 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Site constraints 5
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
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How this decision compares
Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 22% of commercial and major works here are.
Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Doncaster in the last twelve months, from validation. Doncaster decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-13885278
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-13885278
- Neighbours
- 30 Apr 2026
- Consultation
- 30 Apr 2026
- Comments by
- 5 Jun 2026
- Site or press notice
- 15 May 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 24 Jun 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Doncaster is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #27 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).
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