Communication Station CS35148 NZ451924 Toecroft Farm Toecroft Lane Sprotbrough Doncaster DN5 7PQ Data via plota.co.uk

26/00532/TEL - Telecommunications Notification Approved
Telecoms masts

Proposal

Installation of telecommunications to replace a 22.5m monopole mast with headframe to accommodate 3 no. replacement antenna, ancillary radio equipment and 2 no. 0.3m and 1 no. 0.6m transmission dishes along with 2 no. equipment cabinets within an extended fenced compound and ancillary development Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 Mar 2026
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Consultation
30 Mar 2026
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Approved
5 May 2026

Approved on 5 May 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 5

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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Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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 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
Telecommunications Notification
Postcode
DN5 7PQ
Received
19 Mar 2026
Validated
19 Mar 2026
Ward
Sprotbrough
Parish
Sprotbrough And Cusworth Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 May 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Not Required
Decision date
5 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
United Infrastructure

How this decision compares

Decided in 47 days from validation, 16 days slower than Doncaster's median of 31 for prior approvals. Approved, as 90% of prior approvals here are.

96%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
135decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14793420
Planning Portal ref
PP-14793420
Consultation
30 Mar 2026
Comments by
29 Apr 2026
Site or press notice
8 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
11 May 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

3 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Withdrawn
Notification to utilise permitted development rights in accordance with Regulation 5 of t…
25/02086/PDTEL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Refused
Toecroft Farm Toecroft Lane Sprotbrough Doncaster DN5 7PQ
Erection of a livestock building for pig finishing unit and associated infrastructure
20/02870/FUL
2017 Approved
Toecroft Farm Toecroft Lane Sprotbrough Doncaster DN5 7PQ
Erection of agricultural building (19.7m x 30.5m)
17/00414/FUL
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings