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Yorkshire Wildlife Park Brockholes Lane Branton Doncaster DN3 3NH

22/01960/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 10 January 2023

Council decision: Planning Permission GRANTEDSignificant Interest

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

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

Received
18 August 2022
Decision level
Significant Interest
Ward
Finningley
  1. Received18 Aug
  2. Validated18 Aug
  3. Consult.15 Sep
  4. Target6 Oct
  5. Decided10 Jan

Decided in 145 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 145 days, 14 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
18 August 2022
Consultation expiry
30 September 2022
Consultation start
25 August 2022
Consultation end
15 September 2022
Neighbour consultation start
15 December 2022
Last date for comments
30 September 2022
Target decision date
6 October 2022
Committee meeting
10 January 2023
Decision issued
25 January 2023
Permission expires
31 January 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Site notice start
9 September 2022
Site notice end
30 September 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11471955
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Next to the site
  • Tree Preservation OrderProtected tree on or next to this site
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

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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
    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
  3. 2022
    2 Sep

    Erection of industrial canopy shelter to be used as storage

    ApprovedFull Application22/02036/FUL
  4. 2022
    23 Feb

    Application for full planning permission for details reserved in outline application previously granted…

    ApprovedPlanning FULL Major22/00480/FULM
  5. 2021
    22 Dec

    Non-Material Amendment to Planning Permission 17/02189/OUTA

    ApprovedNon-material amendment21/03648/MAT
  6. 2021
    22 Apr

    Consent, agreement or approval required by conditions 12 & 48 of planning application 17/02189/OUTA

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions21/01392/COND

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