Harthill Sports Centre Woodall Lane Harthill

RB2026/0557AmendmentApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 8 October 2026

Council decision: GRANTED CONDITIONALLYDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

Partial change of use of leisure centre (Use Class F2 (c)) to mixed use for leisure and retail use (Use Classes F2 and E) change of use of tennis court to car park, single storey extension to existing building with associated external alterations and installation of roof mounted solar photovoltaic panels.

Received: 22 April 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Wales Ward

ReceivedReceived22 Apr
ValidatedValidated24 Apr
Consult.Consultation28 May
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided8 Oct

Decided in 167 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Harthill Sports Centre Woodall Lane Harthill. Rotherham has handled 267 applications of this type. This one was decided in 169 days, 17 weeks longer than Rotherham's typical decision time. The site is in the Harthill conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Wales 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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Application details

Application type: Amendment
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Harthill with Woodall

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 April 2026
Consultation expiry: 13 May 2026
Consultation start: 22 April 2026
Consultation end: 28 May 2026
Application expires: 17 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Architect profile: JVN DESIGN LTD
Agent address: Unit 19 Appleby House Ravenshorn Way Renishaw Sheffield S21 3WY

Planning decision

Case officer: Anita Heydon
Statutory period: 56 days

Appeal

Appeal result: No

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: Harthill
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

© 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.

Source: Rotherham

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