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Unit 1 Cedar Business Centre 3 Cedar Road Balby Doncaster DN4 9DT

23/01218/PRIORPrior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 August 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification to determine if prior approval is required for change of use from office (class E) to residential (Class C) 2 No. 1-bed flats under Class MA of the GDPO.

Received
16 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Balby South
Agent
Scroxton & Partners Ltd
  1. Received16 Jun
  2. Validated4 Jul
  3. Consult.1 Aug
  4. Target22 Aug
  5. Decided22 Aug

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Unit 1 Cedar Business Centre 3 Cedar Road Balby Doncaster DN4 9DT. Doncaster has handled 1,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 3 weeks longer than Doncaster's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Balby South. We hold 447 applications in total for the DN4 postcode area.

84% of outline 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
DN4 9DT
Application type
Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 July 2023
Consultation expiry
1 August 2023
Consultation start
11 July 2023
Consultation end
1 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
11 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
1 August 2023
Last date for comments
11 August 2023
Target decision date
22 August 2023
Decision issued
29 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Scroxton & Partners Ltd
Agent address
York House 1-3 Newton Close Park Farm Industrial Estate Wellingborough Northamptonshire NN8 6UW

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 July 2023
Advertisement expiry
1 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12183379
Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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© 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.

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