Plans to demolish vacant Greasbrough home for new houses to be decided
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 17 Green Street, where the existing house and its rear garden would be cleared to make way for three new homes.
Rotherham Council planning officers have recommended the scheme for approval, subject to conditions.
The latest plans follow the refusal of a proposal in 2025 for three homes on the site, which was turned down over concerns including highway safety, design and its impact on neighbours.
A separate application made in 2022 to convert the property into a children’s home was also withdrawn.
Under the revised application, the access point has been moved, two two-storey homes would face Green Street, and a dormer bungalow would sit 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 had overcome the previous highway safety concerns, with the council’s transport team now raising no objection subject to conditions. Drainage officers, Yorkshire Water and the council’s ecologist also raised no objections, again subject to conditions.
In their report, 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 also concluded the revised design would have an acceptable relationship with neighbouring homes and would not cause unacceptable harm to the character of the area.
The plans include parking for each property, a shared driveway, landscaping, drainage works and biodiversity measures.
The application will be decided by Rotherham Council’s planning board on April 9 because of the number of objections received.