People living on a residential street in Doncaster have expressed their disappointment at discovering a field opposite their properties will soon become a car park for a nearby housing development.

Residents of Church Lane in Adwick, Doncaster, say they only became aware that the City of Doncaster Council had given permission for Wilmott Dixon to use the field after contacting the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS).

Permission for the temporary car park on the field was granted in a separate planning application, with a completely different reference number, which residents of Church Lane say they were not aware of.

Clair Harrison told the LDRS residents had multiple concerns about the use of the Church Lane field as a car park including that it was not safe as the access gate to the field is on an s-bend.

The field on Church Lane, Adwick, Doncaster, on which Doncaster Council approved permission for a temporary car park for housebuilders.

placeholder image — The field on Church Lane, Adwick, Doncaster, on which Doncaster Council approved permission for a temporary car park for housebuilders.

Her neighbour, 58-year-old Rob Moore, said: “It’s the safety of it that we have concerns for.

“This road is a rat-run and the speed with which vehicles come down here, our concern’s that there will be an accident. It’s not the right place for access to a car park.”

Retiree Jim Meads, aged 66, added: “We regularly get people on mobility scooters along here. Half the time cars are on the kerb, so they can’t get through and they go on the road.”

He told the LDRS: “I lay awake at night. It’s like a chicane. You hear the off-road bikes come through and you’re waiting for the bang.”

Another concern for locals is flooding, with Ms Harrison telling the LDRS the field on which the temporary car park will exist floods “every year”.

“We get really bad flooding here,” she explained, adding that council staff informed her and neighbour Helen Mead that hardcore would be laid for the car park.

“[Hardcore is] definitely not as porous as grass,” Ms Mead said.

In October 2025, Church Lane was victim of a flash flood after heavy rainfall with deep water across the one-way street.

Mr Moore said a silt sensor on a nearby manhole was going off during the floods, indicating the drain needed clearing, but said the council is yet to send anyone out to address it.

Residents of Church Lane say they have absolutely no issue with the housebuilding taking place on nearby Village Lane, but said they wanted others to be aware to look for other related applications, like the one which led to the temporary car park, in the future.

Both Wilmott Dixon and the City of Doncaster Council did not respond when approached for comment.