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Planning Guidance

Planning documents and forms

  • Landscape Design Guide

    • PDF
    • 1.04MB
  • Rotherham Flood Risk Toolkit

    • PDF
    • 10.01MB
  • Rotherham Town Centre Supplementary Planning Document - Map

    • PDF
    • 4.96MB
  • Rotherham Town Centre Supplementary Planning Document - Consultation Statement

    • PDF
    • 818kB
  • South Yorkshire Interim Local Guidance for Sustainable Drainage Systems

    • PDF
    • 1.65MB
  • South Yorkshire Residential Design Guide

    • PDF
    • 3.57MB
  • SPD1 Rotherham Town Centre (July 2016)

    • PDF
    • 11.62MB
  • SPD2 Air Quality & Emissions (June 2020)

    • PDF
    • 617kB
  • SPD3 Development in the Green Belt (June 2020)

    • PDF
    • 766kB
  • SPD4 Householder Design Guide (June 2020)

    • PDF
    • 1.3MB
  • SPD5 Equal & Healthy Communities (June 2020)

    • PDF
    • 889kB
  • SPD5 - Promoting equal and healthy communities checklist (Microsoft Word version)

    • DOCX
    • 24kB
  • SPD5 - Promoting equal and healthy communities checklist (PDF version)

    • PDF
    • 122kB
  • SPD6 Shop Front Design Guide (June 2020)

    • PDF
    • 992kB
  • SPD7 Town Centre Uses & Developments (June 2020)

    • PDF
    • 980kB
  • SPDs 2 to 7 Consultation Statement (June 2020)

    • PDF
    • 1.32MB
  • SPD8 Affordable Housing June 2021

    • PDF
    • 1.13MB
  • SPD9 Development Viability Formula Spreadsheet

    • XLSX
    • 67kB
  • SPD9 Development Viability June 2021

    • PDF
    • 3.47MB
  • SPD10 Community Facilities June 2021

    • PDF
    • 1.99MB
  • SPD11 Natural Environment June 2021

    • PDF
    • 1.15MB
  • SPD12 Transport Assessments Travel Plans and Parking Standards June 2021

    • PDF
    • 941kB
  • SPDs 8 to 12 Consultation Statement (June 2021)

    • PDF
    • 1.45MB
  • Yorkshire & Humberside Pollution Advisory Guidance Document (April 2019)

    • PDF
    • 1.25MB
  • Interim Policy Statement

    • DOCX
    • 19kB

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