43 High Street Swallownest 0043 Data via plota.co.uk

RB2025/1429 Approved

Proposal

Prior Notification for proposed change of use from Commercial Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) for 4 self-contained apartments Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Oct 2025
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Validated
31 Oct 2025
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Approved
11 Dec 2025

Approved on 11 Dec 2025 · Delegated (Part 2B) · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Site constraints 6

Retail Use Area
Public footpath about 16 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.
Retail Use AreaCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project about 1397 m away: Whitestone Solar Farm; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Swallownest and Aston built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 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
Received
28 Oct 2025
Validated
31 Oct 2025
Ward
Aughton & Swallownest Ward
Parish
Aston Cum Aughton
Case officer
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Decision
GRANTED CONDITIONALLY
Decision date
11 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated (Part 2B)
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 41 days from validation, 9 days slower than Rotherham's median of 32 for prior approvals. Approved, as 87% of prior approvals here are.

98%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
58decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals decided by Rotherham in the last twelve months, from validation. Rotherham decision record →

Public comments

1comment received

Last counted 15 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
4 Nov 2025
Comments by
25 Nov 2025
Statutory expiry
25 Dec 2025
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