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Yorkshire Wildlife Park Brockholes Lane Branton Doncaster DN3 3NH

15/01102/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 8 July 2015

Council decision: Planning Permission GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of single packaged biomass plant room (9.53m x 3.0 m x 4.10m high)

Received
28 April 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Finningley
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.14 Jul
  4. Target23 Jun
  5. Decided8 Jul

Decided in 71 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Yorkshire Wildlife Park Brockholes Lane Branton Doncaster DN3 3NH. Doncaster has handled 2,989 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks longer than Doncaster's typical decision time. There have been 49 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Finningley. We hold 1,204 applications in total for the DN3 postcode area.

90% of full applications at Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DN3 3NH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cantley With Branton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2015
Consultation expiry
14 July 2015
Consultation start
23 June 2015
Consultation end
14 July 2015
Last date for comments
14 July 2015
Target decision date
23 June 2015
Application expires
16 June 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent
R N Mechanical - Mr David Nicklin
Agent address
35 Spennithorne Road Skellow Doncaster DN6 8PF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 May 2015
Site notice end
5 June 2015

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04155841
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    7 Jan

    Display of 7no fascia signs for the Hub buildings at the Hive

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent26/00073/ADV
  2. 2023
    18 Dec

    Erection and operation of an observation wheel at the Yorkshire Hive (retrospective) (without compliance to…

    ApprovedFull Application23/02598/FUL
  3. 2023
    2 Oct

    Erection and operation of an observation wheel at the Yorkshire Hive (retrospective) (without compliance with…

    RefusedDischarge of conditions23/01995/FUL
  4. 2023
    14 Jun

    Creation of new animal house and enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park (to be referred to as the 'Golf'…

    PendingPlanning FULL Major23/01229/FULM
  5. 2022
    2 Sep

    Erection of industrial canopy shelter to be used as storage

    ApprovedFull Application22/02036/FUL
  6. 2022
    18 Aug

    Erection and operation of an observation wheel at the Yorkshire Hive (retrospective)

    ApprovedFull Application22/01960/FUL

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