• Skip to content
  • Skip to navigation
Logo: Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Your Account
  • Menu
Close menu
Close
  • About the Council
  • Business and Economy
  • Children and Families
  • Community and Living
  • Council Tax and Benefits
  • Education and Learning
  • Environment and Waste
  • Health and Social Care
  • Housing
  • Jobs and Careers
  • Leisure and Culture
  • Planning and Development
  • Transport and Streets
  • See all news
  • See all events
  1. Home
  2. Planning and development
  3. A guide to the Local Plan

A guide to the Local Plan

In this section

  1. A guide to the Local Plan
  2. You are here: Core Strategy
  3. Sites and Policies
  4. Joint Waste Plan
  5. Neighbourhood Plans
  6. Evidence Base Documents
  7. Local Plan Timetable

Core Strategy

The Core Strategy forms part of Rotherham's Local Plan. It sets out the spatial strategy for the whole Borough and identifies the broad locations for delivering new housing and employment, including provision for retail, leisure and community facilities, how much new development we need, where it should go and when it should happen. It also sets out the strategic policies and the required new infrastructure to make all this happen.

The Core Strategy was adopted by the Council on 10 September 2014. The following documents are available to download:

  • Core Strategy Adopted September 2014
  • Adoption Statement
  • The Inspector's final report
  • Integrated Impact Assessment (including Sustainability Appraisal)
  • Strategic Environmental Assessment Post Adoption Statement

View our Core Strategy downloads

  • Previous page: A guide to the Local Plan
  • Next page: Sites and Policies

Stay connected

Sign up for our newsletter
Footer Logo: Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
  • About this website
  • Accessibility statement
  • Privacy
  • Languages
  • Contact Us
  • Location
  • Terms and conditions
  • Facebook logo
  • Twitter logo
  • YouTube logo
  • Instagram logo
  • LinkedIn logo

All content © 2025 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. All Rights Reserved.

Designed and Powered by Jadu.

chatbot launch button image
Left Right
Full Wide Split Narrow
Chatbot avatar image
Hi, I'm Bailey
I'm here to answer your questions.

Hi, I'm Bailey, how can I help you today? You can ask me questions relating to a number of council services.

To start a chat you will need to click 'continue' to confirm you have read and understood our terms and conditions Privacy Policy.

Privacy Statement