17 Crowgate South Anston 0017 Data via plota.co.uk

RB2025/0493 Approved

Proposal

Change of use from residential building annexe (use Class C3) to children�s care home (Use Class C2) with widening to vehicular access including demolition and rebuild of section of front boundary wall and alterations to entrance gates Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
31 Mar 2025
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Approved
25 Sept 2025

Approved on 25 Sept 2025 · Delegated (Part 2B) · Last checked 17 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Rotherham Planning Board on 25 Sept 2025.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the use, access changes and activity were considered acceptable for residential amenity, highways and conservation reasons.
  • Residents raised concerns about noise, privacy, traffic, parking, character, safeguarding and the suitability of the location.
  • The committee granted permission for the application subject to the relevant conditions in the report.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officer assessment, objections, consultation responses and committee decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Rotherham's committee minutes of 25 Sept 2025.

Site constraints 6

South Anston conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
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 ↗
National infrastructure project about 273 m away: Whitestone Solar Farm
The site is about 273 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; Inside the South Anston built-up area; Green belt about 82 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
31 Mar 2025
Validated
31 Mar 2025
Ward
Anston & Woodsetts Ward
Parish
North and South Anston
Case officer
Show
Decision
GRANTED CONDITIONALLY
Decision date
25 Sept 2025
Decision level
Delegated (Part 2B)
Applicant
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Agent
Coda Studios

How this decision compares

Decided in 178 days from validation, 77 days slower than Rotherham's median of 101 for full applications. Approved, as 100% of full applications here are.

24%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
21decided in the last year

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

Public comments

2comments received

Last counted 17 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
2 Apr 2025
Comments by
4 Sept 2025
Site or press notice
10 Jul 2025
Committee
25 Sept 2025
Statutory expiry
3 Oct 2025
Rotherham
Planning Authority Score
4.7/10
Below average
#167 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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