Unit 1, Hellaby Industrial Estate Sandbeck Way Hellaby 9999 Data via plota.co.uk

RB2026/0041 Approved

Proposal

Change of use from storage/warehouse use (Use Class B8) to Padel courts with ancillary café/bar, gym, studio and sauna/steam and ice bath room (Use Class E(d)) with external storage containers to side elevation to form toilets and changing facilities Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 23 Sept 2026, 17:06

Application progress

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Received

12 Jan 2026

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Validated

20 Jan 2026

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Approved

24 Mar 2026

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

Documents

View the documents on the council's website ↗

Site constraints 5

National infrastructure project about 331 m away: Whitestone Solar Farm

The site is about 331 m from the project boundary. Generating station, accepted for examination. Also within 2 km: Knottingley Power Project (decided, about 614 m).

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 Hellaby 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 · 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 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: 12 Jan 2026
Validated: 20 Jan 2026
Ward: Hellaby & Maltby West Ward
Parish: Hellaby Civil Parish
Decision: GRANTED CONDITIONALLY
Decision date: 24 Mar 2026
Decision level: Delegated (Part 2A)

How this decision compares

Decided in 63 days from validation, 10 days slower than Rotherham's median of 53 for changes of use. Approved, as 86% of changes of use here are.

This one63d

Council53d

UK56d

62%decided within 8 weeks

86%approved

6%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 20 Jan 2026
Comments by: 19 Feb 2026

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