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Kingdom Hall Jehovah’s Witnessess Rawmarsh Hill Parkgate 9999

RB2024/1097AmendmentRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 20 November 2024

Delegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use to office & 12 HMO Residential Units

Received
2 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rawmarsh East Ward
  1. Received2 Aug
  2. Validated2 Aug
  3. Consult.2 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Nov

Decided in 110 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Kingdom Hall Jehovah’s Witnessess Rawmarsh Hill Parkgate 9999. Rotherham has handled 267 applications of this type. This one was decided in 110 days, 9 weeks longer than Rotherham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Rawmarsh East Ward.

81% of amendment applications at Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed new windows along the northern elevation are considered to suffer from restricted outlooks, and consequently each bedroom suffers from a poor standard of amenity. The proposal would be contrary to paragraph 135(f) of the NPPF and paragraph g of SP55 ‘Design Principles’ which requires development to have a high standard of amenity for existing and future occupants, and to ensure that sufficient daylight to penetrate into buildings.
  2. The proposed new windows along the northern elevation are considered to materially increase overlooking to the adjacent rear garden of the property to the north at no. 27 Rawmarsh Hill. This is considered to conflict with the general guidance of the NPPF at paragraph 131 along with Local Plan Policy SP55 ‘Design Principles’.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Amendment
Scale / size
Medium
District
North

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 August 2024
Consultation expiry
2 September 2024
Consultation start
5 August 2024
Consultation end
2 September 2024
Application expires
4 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
6 Fair Holme View Armthorpe Doncaster DN3 3TW

Planning decision

Statutory period
63 days

Appeal

Appeal result
No

Additional information

Documents
10

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)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Rotherham

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