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RB2026/1406 Approved

Proposal

Prior Notification of intent to erect a timber frame forestry store (Permitted Development under Part 6 of the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order, 2015) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 05:10

Application progress

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Received

5 Oct 2026

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Approved

Approved · Delegated (Part 2A) · Last checked 27 Oct 2026

Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form - Without Personal Data document · 4 Oct 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

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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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. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

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.

National infrastructure project about 398 m away: Whitestone Solar Farm

The site is about 398 m from the project boundary. Generating station, accepted for examination.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area.

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: 5 Oct 2026
Validated: 5 Oct 2026
Ward: Wales Ward
Parish: Harthill with Woodall
Case officer: Show
Decision: GRANTED CONDITIONALLY
Decision level: Delegated (Part 2A)
Applicant: Show

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 6 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry: 1 Nov 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