Amenity Grass Area Lilac Crescent Edlington Doncaster DN12 1NH Data via plota.co.uk

26/00876/CPL - Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev Refused

Proposal

Certificate of lawful development for a temporary site compound to service St Leger Homes workforce as a site office , storage and welfare provision while carrying out external improvements to 170 properties managed by St Leger Homes within Edlington Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
7 May 2026
✓
Validated
8 May 2026
✗
Refused
3 Jul 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 3 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 5

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI 167 m away: Edlington Wood SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Warmsworth built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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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Important details

Council
Doncaster
Application type
Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
Postcode
DN12 1NH
Received
7 May 2026
Validated
8 May 2026
Ward
Edlington And Warmsworth
Parish
Edlington Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
3 Jul 2026
Decision
Proposed Lawfulness REFUSED
Decision date
3 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 22% of commercial and major works here are.

55%decided within 8 weeks
78%approved
66decided in the last year

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-14917447
Planning Portal ref
PP-14917447
Statutory expiry
3 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
Doncaster
Planning Authority Score
7.7/10
Good
#36 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Doncaster decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #169 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #103 of 296
83%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #27 of 296
33%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #75 of 296
67%
Minor dwellings approved
135 decided (1-9 homes)
93%
Major dwellings approved
27 decided (10+ homes)
90%
Change of use approved
48 decided
928
Total decisions
122 refused in the year to March 2026