96 Union StreetHarthill 0096 Data via plota.co.uk

RB2026/0725 Approved

Proposal

Change of use from part commercial (Use Class E) to full residential (Use Class C3), removal of signage, and external alterations including changes to fenestration and rendering Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 6 Sept 2026, 11:17

Application progress

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Received

21 May 2026

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Validated

27 May 2026

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Approved

22 Jul 2026

Approved on 22 Jul 2026 · Proposed to be Delegated · Last checked 6 Sept 2026

Documents 1

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Document · 22 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

Surface water flood risk

Public footpath about 5 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Harthill conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Council document ↗

National infrastructure project about 509 m away: Whitestone Solar Farm

The site is about 509 m from the project boundary. Generating station, accepted for examination.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Walker's Butchers/Threshing Barn, Grade II, about 58 m from the postcode pin

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Historic England ↗

Surface water flood riskCouncil record

Recorded by the council for this site.

Council site ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Harthill (Rotherham) built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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 Planning Inspectorate, 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: Rotherham
Postcode: S26 7YH
Received: 21 May 2026
Validated: 27 May 2026
Ward: Wales Ward
Parish: Harthill with Woodall
Case officer: Show
Decision: GRANTED CONDITIONALLY
Decision date: 22 Jul 2026
Decision level: Proposed to be Delegated
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 4 days slower than Rotherham's median of 52 for changes of use. Approved, as 88% of changes of use here are.

This one56d

Council52d

UK56d

61%decided within 8 weeks

88%approved

6%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Rotherham in the last twelve months, from validation. Rotherham decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 27 May 2026
Comments by: 25 Jun 2026
Site or press notice: 4 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry: 22 Jul 2026

Rotherham

Planning Authority Score

4.7/10

Below average

#167 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

Rotherham ranks #107 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Rotherham is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 71% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils

only 71% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Rotherham decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

79%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #266 of 296

71%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #295 of 296

72%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #107 of 296

32%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #68 of 296

78%

Minor dwellings approved

63 decided (1-9 homes)

100%

Major dwellings approved

20 decided (10+ homes)

83%

Change of use approved

58 decided

750

Total decisions

156 refused in the year to March 2026