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

RB2026/1404 Valid

Proposal

Non-material amendment to application RB2025/1435 for relocation of bin storage to plot 17 and 20, minor amendments to boundary treatments, elevations and landscape design and removal of conditions 16 and 17 Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
2 Oct 2026
✓
Validated
7 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 2 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 2 Dec 2026.

Comments are open until 28 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

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
2 Oct 2026
Validated
7 Oct 2026
Ward
Rawmarsh West Ward
Parish
Non-Parished
Case officer
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Decision level
Proposed to be Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Dev Com

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
7 Oct 2026
Comments by
28 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
4 Nov 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