Children’s residential home at 8 Thorncliffe Drive, Stainforth, Doncaster
Summary of planning committee decision
Deferred by Doncaster Planning Committee on 2 Jun 2026.
What was proposed
The application sought to change a four-bedroom dwellinghouse into a children’s residential home.
“25/02511/COU Proposal Change of use from a C3 4-bedroom dwelling house to a C2 Children's residential home. Address 8, Thorncliffe Drive, Stainforth, Doncaster DN7 5PX”
Officer report
Police concerns
Police said the surrounding area had higher-than-average anti-social behaviour, vehicle crime and burglary, and did not support children’s homes in areas with high anti-social behaviour.
“The open-source sites, Police.uk and ONS websites together with South Yorkshire Police information systems have been used to obtain details of local crimes and incidents. These details have been used to ascertain the possible type and number of crimes, which may impact on the building and its residents’ users or neighbours.”
“Planning applications for children’s homes will not be supported by South Yorkshire Police in areas where there are high numbers of anti-social behaviour reported to the Police. This is due to the high likelihood of the children getting involved and increasing the reports of such behaviour.”
Officer report
Who spoke
A local resident spoke against the application for five minutes, while the applicant was not present.
Why members deferred it
Members sought further information from the police officer about evidence of crime and anti-social behaviour and asked the applicant and police to attend the next meeting.
“A proposal was made to DEFER the application to enable Officers to seek further information from the Police/Designing Out Crime Officer on available evidence of crime and anti-social behaviour in the area.”
Minutes
The decision
The application was deferred so officers could obtain further police information about crime and anti-social behaviour in the area.
“Decision: The application be DEFERRED to enable Officers to seek further information from the Police/Designing Out Crime Officer on available evidence of crime and anti-social behaviour in the area.”
Minutes
Sources
- Doncaster Planning Committee minutes, 2 June 2026
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of Doncaster's committee minutes and officer report. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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- Date
- Tuesday 2 June 2026
- Recommendation
- Officers recommended approval
- Committee decided
- Deferred
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This committee's year
26 decisions in the 12 months to this meeting, 4 against officer advice.
Source: Plota analysis of the committee's minutes.