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RB2026/1477 Sent for scanning

Proposal

Change of use to to a commercial vehicle sales, servicing, repair and inspection facility (sui generis), including ancillary storage, offices, vehicle washing and valeting, vehicle display, parking and associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 05:10

Application progress

✓

Received

12 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 7 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 4 Dec 2026, from Rotherham's recent changes of use.

Documents

View the documents on the council's website ↗

Site constraints 7

Surface water flood risk

Green belt: South and West Yorkshire

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Open access land

Open country or registered common land, with a right to roam on foot.

Building on registered common land needs the consent of the Secretary of State as well as planning permission.

Surface water flood riskCouncil record

Recorded by the council for this site.

Council site ↗

Also on the record

National infrastructure project about 1706 m away: Whitestone Solar Farm; Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat about 30 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 20 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 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
Received: 12 Oct 2026
Ward: Dinnington Ward
Parish: Dinnington St John's
Case officer: Show
Decision level: Proposed to be Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: UKSD Developments

Decision outlook

Day 16 of the 56-day target. Rotherham usually decides changes of use by day 53.

prediction

Day 1640 days to the 56-day target

62%decided within 8 weeks

86%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

Statutory expiry: 11 Dec 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