Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Council Online Planning - Decision Notice Summary

Planning Application Number: RB2026/0041
Site Address: Unit 1, Hellaby Industrial Estate Sandbeck Way Hellaby 9999
Description: Change of use from storage/warehouse use (Use Class B8) to Padel courts with ancillary café/bar, gym, studio and sauna/steam and ice bath room (Use Class E(d)) with external storage containers to side elevation to form toilets and changing facilities
Officer Recommendation: GRANTED CONDITIONALLY
Officer Recommendation Date: 24 March 2026
Decision Date: 24 March 2026
Decision Type: GRANTED CONDITIONALLY
Temporary Expiry Date:
Decision Level/Committee: Delegated (Part 2A)
Conditions / Reason for Refusal: 01 The development hereby permitted shall be commenced before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission. Reason In order to comply with the requirements of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. 02 The permission hereby granted shall relate to the area shown outlined in red on the approved location plan and the development shall only take place in accordance with the submitted details and specifications and as shown on the approved plans. Reason To define the permission and for the avoidance of doubt. 03 The unit hereby permitted shall be used as a Padel court with ancillary café/bar/gym only and for no other use within Use Class E(d) to the Use Classes Order 1987 (as amended). Reason The premises are not considered suitable for general use within the Class quoted for location reasons and in accordance with Local plan policy SP17 04 The colour of the materials used in the external surfaces of the storage units hereby approved shall be of a similar appearance to the metal sheeting on the existing building. Reason In order to ensure a satisfactory appearance in the interests of visual amenity 05 The leisure/gym facilities hereby approved shall only be used in conjunction with the use of the Padel courts and shall not be made available to non members. Reason To ensue that adequate parking is available for the use hereby approved. 06 Before the development is brought into use the car parking area shown on the submitted plan shall be provided, marked out and thereafter maintained for car parking. Reason To ensure the provision of satisfactory parking space and avoid the necessity for the parking of vehicles on the highway in the interests of road safety. 07 All external doors located on the ground floor to the unit shall remain closed when the Padel courts are in use except for ingress and egress purposes. Reason To safeguard the amenities of the occupiers of nearby properties in accordance with RMBC Policy SP52 and parts 12 & 15 of the NPPF. 08 No noise generating plant including mechanical ventilation or refrigeration/air conditioning, extraction plant shall be installed in any part of the development until full and precise details have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The details shall include a BS4142:2014+A1:2019 noise assessment and 1/3 octave frequency analysis with appropriate corrections for acoustic features and shall detail any mitigation measures, physical or operational to achieve no more than 0dB(A) above the prevailing background levels, outside the boundary of the nearest noise sensitive property. Reason To safeguard the amenities of the occupiers of nearby properties in accordance with RMBC Policy SP52 and parts 12 & 15 of the NPPF. 09 Details of the proposed means of disposal of foul and surface water drainage, including details of any off-site work, shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority and the development shall not be brought into use until such approved details are implemented. Reason To ensure that the site is connected to suitable drainage systems and to ensure that full details thereof are approved by the Local Planning Authority before the use commences. 10 Prior to the commencement of the use hereby approved, details of the Electric Vehicle Charging connection points shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. The use shall not commence until the approved chargers have been provided, and they shall thereafter be retained. Reason In the interests of air quality and to provide appropriate facilities for electric vehicles. Informative(s) 01 This development is not subject to the statutory Biodiversity Gain Plan condition because of the declaration on the application form that the development was exempt (because the impact on habitat is de-minimis). 02 The granting of this planning permission does not authorise any signage to be erected related to the development. Such signage is controlled by the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007 and a separate application for advertisement consent may be required. 03 INF 39 – LICENCING APPLICATIONS The planning permission granted does not override the necessity to obtain the appropriate licence from the relevant licencing authority, such as where alcoholic drinks are to be sold from the site. POSITIVE AND PROACTIVE STATEMENT The applicant and the Local Planning Authority engaged in pre application discussions to consider the development before the submission of the planning application. The application was submitted on the basis of these discussions, or was amended to accord with them. It was considered to be in accordance with the principles of the National Planning Policy Framework.

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