228 dwellings at Land to north of Grange Road/off Priestley Avenue, Rawmarsh
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by Rotherham Planning Board on 19 Mar 2026.
The meeting was recorded; the recording is on the council's website.
What was proposed
The application proposed 228 homes, with access, open space, drainage infrastructure, landscaping, parking, gardens and pedestrian and cycle connections.
“This is a full application for a development of 228 dwellings (originally when submitted for 231). These will be affordable houses sought to be delivered in conjunction with Vico Homes (previously Wakefield District Housing), a Registered Provider. All the dwellings have parking provision, and private garden space.”
“Areas of public open space are located to the northeast corner where the SuDS drainage is provided and in the southwest of the site where a play area is proposed. a secondary area of POS uses the central brook/dyke as an internal walkway across the site.”
Officer report
The site and surroundings
The 12.1-hectare agricultural site is safeguarded land beside existing homes, a brook, woodland, Green Belt and a Local Wildlife Site.
“The site comprises of land currently in agricultural use and is located to the north of Rawmarsh. The settlement forms part of the Rotherham Urban Area and is located northeast of Rotherham Town centre and southwest of Kilnhurst. The site is bounded by existing residential properties to the south and by Collier Brook to the north. Sandhill Park is located to the east of the site and Warren Vale community woodland to the west.”
“The area to the west, north and east of the site is predominantly Green Belt. Immediately to the north is Local Wildlife Site (77 Collier Brook and Marsh).”
Officer report
Planning history
The site had no previous planning history.
“This site does not have any previous planning history.”
Officer report
Main planning considerations
The main considerations included development principle, highways, design, affordable housing, biodiversity, landscape, green space, drainage, contamination and coal mining.
“The main considerations of the application are as follows:”
“The principle of development • Highway safety issues • The design of the proposal, impact on the street scene and character of the immediate surrounding area and nearby residential properties • Affordable Housing • Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) • Landscape issues • Green space • Flood risk and Drainage • Land Contamination • Coal Mining Legacy • Other issues…”
Officer report
The committee decision
The committee resolved to enter a Section 106 agreement and grant permission subject to its satisfactory signing and the report’s conditions.
“(a) That the Council enter into a legal agreement with the developer under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for the purposes of securing the following:-”
“(b) subject to the satisfactory signing of the agreement application RB2025/0537 be granted for the reasons adopted by Members at the meeting and subject to the relevant conditions listed in the submitted report.”
Minutes
Sources
- Rotherham Planning Board minutes, 19 March 2026
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of Rotherham's committee minutes and officer report. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
Committee decisions and nationwide planning applications, in one API
The Plota API returns planning applications from every council we cover, each with its decision, whether a committee or officers decided it, and the committee date. Build it into your own tools.
See the API →At the meeting
- Committee
- Rotherham Planning Board
- Council
- Rotherham
- Date
- Thursday 19 March 2026
- Recommendation
- Officers recommended approval
- Committee decided
- Approved
- Recording
- On the council's website
- Minutes
- The council's minutes
- Meeting
- Agenda and papers (council website)
- Application
- The application (council website)
- All decisions
- Rotherham committee decisions →
This committee's year
16 decisions in the 12 months to this meeting.
Source: Plota analysis of the committee's minutes.