land on Former Thornhill School Tenter Street Thornhill 9999 Data via plota.co.uk

RB2025/1435 Approved

Proposal

Proposed development of 20 residential dwellings Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 Oct 2025
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Validated
5 Nov 2025
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Approved
25 Mar 2026

Approved on 25 Mar 2026 · Proposed to be Delegated · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Site constraints 4

Coal mining legacy area
Coal mining legacy areaCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Rotherham built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 18 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
Rotherham
Received
29 Oct 2025
Validated
5 Nov 2025
Ward
Rotherham West Ward
Parish
Non-Parished
Case officer
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Decision
GRANTED CONDITIONALLY
Decision date
25 Mar 2026
Decision level
Proposed to be Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Dev Com

How this decision compares

Decided in 140 days from validation, 39 days slower 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 →

Public comments

1comment received

Last counted 15 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
7 Nov 2025
Comments by
5 Dec 2025
Site or press notice
13 Nov 2025
Statutory expiry
27 Mar 2026
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