Land at Bushfield Road Wath-upon-Dearne 9999 Data via plota.co.uk

RB2025/0498 Approved

Proposal

Erection of 2 dwelling houses and a two-storey building comprising of 2 flats Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
31 Mar 2025
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Approved
8 Sept 2025

Approved on 8 Sept 2025 · Proposed to be Delegated · Last checked 17 Oct 2026

Site constraints 6

Bat Zone | Residential Area
Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
Bat Zone | Residential AreaCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Nature improvement area: Dearne Valley Green Heart; Inside the Wath upon Dearne built-up area; Green belt about 87 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 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
Wath Ward
Parish
Non-Parished
Case officer
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Decision
GRANTED CONDITIONALLY
Decision date
8 Sept 2025
Decision level
Proposed to be Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
ID Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 161 days from validation, 91 days slower than Rotherham's median of 70 for new homes. Approved, as 75% of new homes here are.

46%decided within 8 weeks
75%approved
7%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
3 Apr 2025
Comments by
1 May 2025
Statutory expiry
12 Sept 2025
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