Land North of Tickhill Road, Rotherham, Maltby, S66 7PW

Description
The subject is situated on the eastern fringe of Maltby, 0.7 miles east of Maltby Town Centre and its amenities. The site lies to the north of Tickhill Road (A631) which, provides direct access to Maltby Town Centre and beyond only 2.7 miles to junction 1 of the M18 motorway in an westerly direction. The M18 connects to the M1 motorway to the south and the A1 motorway to north.

Maltby Town Centre provides various amenities including a Tesco Superstore, Leisure Centre, a number of independent shops, restaurants and bars.

Access to the site will be provided from Tickhill Road, however, currently it is provided from a Public Right of Way to the south west corner of the site off Glencairn Close, which is a small residential street. The surrounding area predominately comprises woodland to the north, agricultural land to the
south, the former Maltby Colliery to the east, and residential development to the west.

Location
The site is located approximately 8.5 miles east of the market town of Rotherham, in the metropolitan borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Maltby is also located between Doncaster and Sheffield, which are located 9.5 miles north and 14 miles south west respectively.

The town is served by a regular bus service, every 10 mins: the X1 SteelLink service to Sheffield runs via Rotherham town centre and the Meadowhall Shopping Centre. In addition, there is also a service which runs through Maltby every 30 mins in the daytime travelling to Rotherham and Doncaster.

Planning
The site is allocated (site ref. H70) through Policy SP1 of the Sites and Policies Document for residential development as part of Rotherham Council’s Local Plan. As such, it is evident the site is suitably located for such development and that, in principle, subject to addressing other matters, a residential development at this location would satisfy the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. Furthermore, it would contribute positively to the aims and objectives of the Development Plan.

The landowner has submitted an outline planning application with all matters reserved other than access, briefly comprising:

Circa 200 dwellings of between 2 and 4 no. bedrooms and varying house types, including associated parking.

A new access directly off A631/Tickhill Road.

Approximately 100 no. allotment units to be accommodated on the 1.2 ha northern part of the site.

Existing Public Open Spaces of approx. 3 ha (incl. woodland) to the west of the centre of the site to be retained and enhanced.