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RB2026/0196 Approved

Proposal

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Application progress

✓

Received

9 Feb 2026

✓

Approved

24 Mar 2026

Approved on 24 Mar 2026 · Delegated (Part 2A) · Last checked 23 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 6

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Also on the record

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project about 1777 m away: Whitestone Solar Farm; Coalfield, development low risk area; Green belt about 43 m away: South and West Yorkshire.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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, 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: 9 Feb 2026
Validated: 9 Feb 2026
Ward: Aughton & Swallownest Ward
Parish: Aston Cum Aughton
Decision: GRANTED
Decision date: 24 Mar 2026
Decision level: Delegated (Part 2A)

How this decision compares

Decided in 43 days from validation, 11 days slower than Rotherham's median of 32 for prior approvals. Approved, as 87% of prior approvals here are.

This one43d

Council32d

UK34d

98%decided within 8 weeks

87%approved

58decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 11 Feb 2026
Comments by: 4 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