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80 Laughton Road Dinnington 0080

RB2026/0122AmendmentRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 19 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for proposed change of use from Commercial Business and Service (Use ClassE) to mixed use including one flat (Use Class C3)

Received
26 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dinnington Ward
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.24 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 80 Laughton Road Dinnington 0080. Rotherham has handled 267 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Rotherham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Dinnington Ward. We hold 58 applications in total for the S25 postcode area.

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 proposal would not comply with the criteria set out in Class G d) iv) due to the lack of natural light to the habitable room in the roofspace and as such would not be permitted development within Schedule 2 Part 3 Class G of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
S25 2PS
Application type
Amendment
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dinnington St John's
District
Strategic

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2026
Consultation expiry
24 February 2026
Consultation start
29 January 2026
Consultation end
24 February 2026
Application expires
30 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Derby West Business Centre Ashbourne Road Derby DE22 4NB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
No

Additional information

Documents
7

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)

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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