Wickersley School And Sports College Bawtry Road Wickersley Rotherham 9999 Data via plota.co.uk

RB2025/0923 Approved

Proposal

Alterations to existing heating pipework and ancillary pipework bridges Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Validated
3 Jul 2025
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Received
9 Jul 2025
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Approved
25 Sept 2025

Approved on 25 Sept 2025 · Committee · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Rotherham Planning Board on 25 Sept 2025.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers recommended approval because the pipework supported the school and was considered acceptable in appearance and residential impact.
  • A neighbour objected that the pipework was ugly, overlooked the garden and could have been placed further away.
  • Members granted the application subject to the relevant conditions in the report.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site context, officers’ assessment, objections and committee decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Rotherham's committee minutes of 25 Sept 2025.

Site constraints 6

Wickersley Neighbourhood Plan | Community Facilities Area
Wickersley 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 ↗
Wickersley Neighbourhood Plan | Community Facilities AreaCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; National infrastructure project about 1220 m away: Whitestone Solar Farm; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Wickersley and Bramley 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 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
9 Jul 2025
Validated
3 Jul 2025
Ward
Thurcroft & Wickersley South Ward
Parish
Wickersley
Case officer
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Decision
GRANTED CONDITIONALLY
Decision date
25 Sept 2025
Decision level
Committee
Applicant
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Agent
Progressive

How this decision compares

Decided in 84 days from validation, 17 days faster than Rotherham's median of 101 for full applications. Approved, as 100% of full applications here are.

24%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
21decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
9 Jul 2025
Comments by
3 Sept 2025
Committee
25 Sept 2025
Statutory expiry
26 Sept 2025
Rotherham
Planning Authority Score
4.7/10
Below average
#167 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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