Former Bus Depot Midland Road Masbrough 9999 Data via plota.co.uk

RB2025/1255 Approved

Proposal

Reserved matters application (details of appearance, landscaping, layout & scale) for the erection of 120 dwellinghouses reserved by outline RB2025/0460 Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
17 Sept 2025
✓
Validated
24 Sept 2025
✓
Approved
18 Dec 2025

Approved on 18 Dec 2025 · Delegated (Part 2B) · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Site constraints 5

Surface water flood risk
Surface water flood riskCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; SSSI about 492 m away: Bradgate Brickworks SSSI; 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 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 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
17 Sept 2025
Validated
24 Sept 2025
Ward
Rotherham West Ward
Parish
Non-Parished
Case officer
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Decision
GRANTED CONDITIONALLY
Decision date
18 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated (Part 2B)
Applicant
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Agent
John R Paley Associates

How this decision compares

Decided in 85 days from validation, 7 days faster than Rotherham's median of 92 for reserved matters. Approved, as 96% of reserved matters here are.

27%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
12%go to committee

Plota live figures for reserved matters decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent reserved matters in Rotherham to go on. Rotherham decision record →

Public comments

3comments received

Last counted 15 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
25 Sept 2025
Comments by
23 Oct 2025
Site or press notice
2 Oct 2025
Statutory expiry
24 Dec 2025
Rotherham
Planning Authority Score
4.7/10
Below average
#167 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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