Rotherham Local Plan - Call For Sites 2026 - Section 4 - Current Use(s) Of The Site - Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council - Citizen Space

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Section 4 - Current Use(s) Of The Site

Please provide details of the current use(s) of the site, either in whole or part.

Category Definitions Category Definitions

Category	Sub-category
Residential	Market Housing: General private housing for sale or rent. Affordable Housing: Including social rent and shared ownership. Specialist Housing: Extra care, retirement homes, and supported living for vulnerable groups. Live / Work Units: Buildings or dwellings designed for both residential and business work within the same unit. Custom & Self-Build: Sites for individuals or groups to build their own homes. Gypsy & Traveller: Residential pitches to meet specific cultural housing needs. Travelling Showpeople: Mixed-use plots to meet housing and equipment storage needs for members of a group organised for the purposes of holding fairs, circuses or shows.
Employment & Commercial	General Industry (B2): General industrial processes other than those falling within use class E(g) Light Industry (E(g)(iii)): Industrial process (which can be carried out in any residential area without detriment to the amenity of that area) Research and Development (E(g)(ii): Research and development of products or processes Logistics & Distribution (B8): Warehousing, freight storage, open air storage. Offices (E(g)(i)): Business and service hubs. Specialist Employment: Strategic sites for data centres, laboratories, or "gigafactories”, digital infrastructure.
Retail, Leisure & Tourism	Retail: Town centre shops, supermarkets, and retail parks. Leisure: Gyms, swimming pools, hotels, and visitor accommodation. Tourism: Specialist sites like glamping, campsites, and cultural heritage sites.
Environmental	Nature Recovery and Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG): Land dedicated to habitat creation to offset development impacts. Local Green Space: Green space that is in reasonably close proximity to the community it serves; demonstrably special to a local community and holds a particular local significance; and local in character and is not an extensive tract of land. Green Infrastructure: Parks, community gardens, and allotments.
Infrastructure & Community	Social Infrastructure: Schools, health clinics, hospitals, place of worship, and libraries. Local Community Facilities (F2(b)): Halls or meeting places for the principal use of the local community Transport & Utilities: Highways, flood management schemes, and burial grounds.
Renewable Energy	Solar Farms: Large installations of photovoltaic panels. Wind Farm: Large installation of wind turbines. Bioenergy: Power plant for biomass or energy generate from waste. Hydro Power: Run-of-river systems, reservoir based systems or hydroelectric dams. Energy Storage Facilities: Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and infrastructure supporting renewable energy storage.
Waste Management	Waste Processing: The treatment and management of waste materials. Recycling Facilities: sorting and reprocessing materials like paper, plastic, and metal.
Mineral	Land for mineral extraction

1. What is the current use? (Select all that apply)

(Required) Residential Employment and Commercial Retail, Leisure and Tourism Environmental Infrastructure and Community Renewable Energy Waste Management Mineral Vacant Other

Enter the use (if 'Other').

What was the most recent use(s), if known (if 'Vacant').

2. Has the site previously been developed?

(Required) Yes No

3. Is the site previously developed land (Brownfield), undeveloped land (Greenfield), or a mix of both?

What is National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) definition of previously developed land (brownfield)? What is National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) definition of previously developed land (brownfield)?

Land which has been lawfully developed and is or was occupied by a permanent structure and any fixed surface infrastructure associated with it, including the curtilage of the developed land (although it should not be assumed that the whole of the curtilage should be developed). It also includes land comprising large areas of fixed surface infrastructure such as large areas of hardstanding which have been lawfully developed. Previously developed land excludes: land that is or was last occupied by agricultural or forestry buildings; land that has been developed for minerals extraction or waste disposal by landfill, where provision for restoration has been made through development management procedures; land in built-up areas such as residential gardens, parks, recreation grounds and allotments; and land that was previously developed but where the remains of the permanent structure or fixed surface structure have blended into the landscape.

(Required) Previously developed (Brownfield) Undeveloped (Greenfield) Mixed (Brownfield and Greenfield) Unknown

4. Is there an existing use on the site that would need to be retained as part of, or alongside, the proposed development or redevelopment?

(Required) Yes No Uncertain

Provide further details about the use to be retained (if 'Yes').

5. Is there any existing use on the site that would need to be relocated prior to the proposed development or redevelopment?

(Required) Yes No Uncertain

Provide further details about the use to be relocated (if ‘Yes’) .