Wentworth Woodworking Barrowfield LaneWentworth 9999 Data via plota.co.uk

RB2026/1067 Approved

Proposal

Application to determine whether prior approval is required of the method of demolition and restoration of the site re:2 lean-to extensions Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 02:20

Application progress

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Received

29 Jul 2026

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Approved

19 Aug 2026

Approved on 19 Aug 2026 · Delegated (Part 2A) · Last checked 6 Sept 2026

Documents 1

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Officer Report Site Report · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

Green belt: South and West Yorkshire

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Public footpath about 13 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Conservation area about 21 m away: Wentworth

The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Council document ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Nature improvement area: Dearne Valley Green Heart; 4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Wentworth (Rotherham) built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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
Postcode: S62 7TP
Received: 29 Jul 2026
Validated: 29 Jul 2026
Ward: Hoober Ward
Parish: Wentworth
Case officer: Show
Decision: GRANTED CONDITIONALLY
Decision date: 19 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated (Part 2A)
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 21 days from validation, 31 days faster than Rotherham's median of 52 for demolitions. Approved, as 94% of demolitions here are.

This one21d

Council52d

UK56d

67%decided within 8 weeks

94%approved

110decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 3 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry: 25 Aug 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