Fresh attempt to turn outbuilding into a home

Plans to convert an outbuilding with a tangled planning history will be decided by Rotherham Council.

It was constructed more than 20 years ago, in the grounds of the Old Coach House, off Manor Road, in Wales.

The site had been used for hospital purposes at Wales Court, with the existing buildings being repurposed for housing in the 1980s.

The outbuilding is referred to as the stable block and has been used for kennelling and domestic storage, with an application to turn it into a dwelling - to be used for dependent relatives - rejected.

A subsequent planning appeal was also lost, with a further application in 2019 - and another planning appeal - both failing, on several grounds.

Five years after that, permission was granted to convert the building as a holiday let, though that scheme was not advanced, as it was deemed unviable, commercially.

The new proposal is for an identical design to that granted permission for use as holiday accommodation.

It is a single-storey structure and under the plans there would be limited changes, with new window arrangements.

The site is said to be well placed for schools, shops and recreation facilities - all within 1,200m, on routes which could be walked.

There is parking for two cars at the site, and it is proposed that would be maintained, with the addition of two cycle spaces.

The property would have one bedroom, with access served from an existing private drive.