Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Council Online Planning - Decision Notice Summary

Planning Application Number:	RB2012/0005
Site Address:	land off Phoenix Riverside Sheffield Road Templeborough 9999
Description:	Erection of a three storey building to form 80 bed hotel (use class C1) and a two storey building to form public house/restaurant (use class A3/A4) with associated access, parking and landscaping
Officer Recommendation:	REFUSED
Officer Recommendation Date:	11 October 2012
Decision Date:	16 October 2012
Decision Type:	REFUSED
Temporary Expiry Date:
Decision Level/Committee:	Committee
Conditions / Reason for Refusal:	The proposed development would be located on an out of centre site as defined by the NPPF. There are sequentially preferable sites on the edge of Rotherham town centre which are suitable and available for development of the proposed hotel (C1) and public house/restaurant use (A3/A4). The proposal therefore fails to comply with the requirements of the sequential test set out in paragraph 24 of the NPPF, and as such is contrary to paragraph 27 of the NPPF, and guidance in the PPS4 Practice Guidance on need, impact and the sequential approach, Regional Spatial Strategy Policies YH4’ Regional Cities and Sub Regional Cities and Towns’, E2 ‘Town Centre and Major Facilities’ and Rotherham Unitary Development Plan polices EC3.1 ‘Land Identified for Industrial and Business Use’, EC3.3 ‘Other Development within Industrial and Business Areas’ and EC6 ‘Tourism and Visitor Development’