Land off Goldthorpe Road, Goldthorpe, Rotherham, S63 9DY

Planning appeal 3370948 at Land off Goldthorpe Road, Goldthorpe, Rotherham, S63 9DY (Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 22 December 2025 by Inspector Livingstone C, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would provide an appropriate housing mix with regard to affordable housing.

Erection of 106 dwellings and provision of access, public open space and landscaping

Authority: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Livingstone C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposed development would provide an appropriate housing mix with regard to affordable housing

What decided it

The agreed viability evidence justifying removal of the affordable housing contribution, meaning the scheme accorded with the development plan as a whole.

the substantial benefits of housing delivery, reuse of previously developed land and economic/social benefits outweighed the limited harm from short-lived construction noise and disruption, and in any event the scheme accorded with the development plan taken as a whole

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy H7Policy H6
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 59Paragraph 61Paragraph 57Paragraph 11Paragraph 8
Judgments: Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL 1982 P37]; Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)

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