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land south of West Bawtry Road Whiston

RB2025/1420FullPending Decision

Proposal

Outline planning application for the construction of up to 170 dwellings with associated landscaping, open space, drainage infrastructure and associated works (all matters reserved except access from Long Lane)

Received
27 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sitwell Ward
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
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  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.28 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided
7 weeks typical decision time in Rotherham95% of full applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is a full planning application at land south of West Bawtry Road Whiston. Rotherham has handled 73 applications of this type and approves 91% of them, typically deciding them in 89 days. It was submitted on 27 October 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Whiston conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Sitwell Ward.

Application Details

Reference
RB2025/1420
Address
land south of West Bawtry Road Whiston
Local Authority
Rotherham
Application Type
Full
Development Type
Major
Scale / Size
Large
Number of Dwellings
170
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Valid
Ward
Sitwell Ward
Parish
Whiston
District
North

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
1 Colmore Square 1 Colmore Row Birmingham B4 6AA

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
27 October 2025
Consultation Expiry
28 November 2025
Date Validated
27 October 2025
Date Submitted
27 October 2025
Consultation Start
30 October 2025
Consultation End
28 November 2025
Application Expires
10 April 2026

Planning Decision

Decided By
Proposed to be Delegated
Case Officer
Anthony Lowe
Statutory Period
165 days

Publicity

Last Advertised
6 November 2025

Appeal

Appeal Result
No

Additional Information

Documents
33
Coordinates
53.406425, -1.326823
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Rotherham

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Planning constraints

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

  • Conservation area: Whiston
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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 2026-10-09. 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.

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