8 Thorncliffe Drive Stainforth Doncaster DN7 5PX Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use from a C3 4-bedroom dwelling house to a C2 Children's residential home. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 30 Jun 2026 · Significant Interest · Last checked 1 Aug 2026
Planning committee
Deferred by Doncaster Planning Committee on 2 Jun 2026.
Deferred
- Police identified higher-than-average anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime or burglary in the surrounding area.
- Fifteen objections were recorded, and a local resident spoke against the application.
- Members voted 6 to 1, with 1 abstention, to defer the application for further police information.
Source: Plota analysis of Doncaster's committee minutes of 2 Jun 2026.
Site constraints 2
Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £205,000 in December 2024. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Doncaster
- Application type
- Change of Use
- Postcode
- DN7 5PX
- Received
- 22 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 16 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Stainforth And Barnby Dun
- Parish
- Stainforth Town Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 13 Mar 2026
- Decision
- DM Application REFUSED
- Decision date
- 30 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Significant Interest
- Applicant
- Show
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 165 days from validation, 114 days slower than Doncaster's median of 51 for changes of use. Refused, as 19% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Doncaster in the last twelve months, from validation. Doncaster decision record →
Public comments
20 neighbours consulted · Last counted 1 Aug 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14432413
- Neighbours
- 18 Jun 2026
- Consultation
- 24 Apr 2026
- Comments by
- 8 May 2026
- Site or press notice
- 21 Jan 2026
- Committee
- 30 Jun 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
4 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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