Councillors to decide on homes-in-garden plan
PLANS to build three homes at a long-vacant property in Greasbrough are due to be decided by councillors after attracting 10 responses from residents.
The application concerns land at Green Street, where the existing house and its rear garden make way for three new homes.
Rotherham Council planning officers have recommended the scheme for approval, with conditions.
The latest plans follow the refusal of a proposal in 2025 for three homes on the site, turned down over concerns including highway safety, design and its impact on neighbours.
A separate application in 2022 to convert the property into a children’s home was also withdrawn.
Under this plan, the access point has been moved, two two-storey homes would face Green Street, with a dormer bungalow to the rear.
Residents have raised concerns about the loss of the existing house, as well as the effect on privacy, light, drainage and traffic. Some also questioned whether the new plans go far enough to deal with the problems that led to the earlier refusal.
Planning officers said the revised layout overcame previous safety concerns, with council’s transport staff now raising no objection subject to conditions. Drainage officers, Yorkshire Water and the council’s ecologist also raised no objections, again subject to conditions.
Officers said the site is allocated for housing and that, while keeping the existing property would be preferable, its demolition could not reasonably be resisted. They said the revised design would have an acceptable relationship with neighbouring homes and would not cause unacceptable harm to the character of the area.
The application will be decided by Rotherham Council’s planning board on April 9 because of the objections received.