Rotherham Council

Planning documents state that the site is currently made up of disused allotments, woodland and a former sports field set between Maltby and the former Maltby Colliery.

Approval for Yorkshire housing development at ‘breaking point’

Flood waters begin to recede in the village of Catcliffe after Storm Babet flooded homes, business and roads on October 23, 2023 in Rotherham. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Flood-hit residents in Catcliffe receive almost £170,000 in council grants

Bradford Council is facing its own financial troubles relating to ballooning costs for children's services.

No solution to 'broken' children's services, MPs warned

Dennis And Trudy Gervis

Yorkshire flood victims says they feel like ‘sacrificial lambs’

Homes in Catcliffe were evacuated after Storm Babet caused severe flooding.

Environment Agency denies claims that villagers received no warning

Flooding in Catcliffe, Rotherham

Yorkshire residents affected by flooding could get £350 grant from council

Chris Lloyd, 55, and Sophie Skidmore, 31, stand outside their property. Residents of Catcliffe and Rotherham Council start the clean of their properties after the damage caused by Storm Babet, pictured in Catcliffe, South Yorks, Oct 24 2023.

Man who escaped Storm Babet on a raft says he had no idea his home would flood

Rotherham town centre.

Rotherham could get a new station and trains running to London within five years

Rotherham Station

Rotherham could get new tram-train railway station by 2028

Rotherham Town Hall

‘Unsafe’ Oak Trees Resource Centre in Rotherham to be demolished

‘Refreshing’ to see political rivals agree about ‘controversial’ application

Alexander Stafford Portrait

Controversial ‘major application’ for 200 homes approved despite objectors

Secrets of grand Georgian stables at Wentworth Woodhouse revealed

Proposed Waverley estate

Yorkshire coal mining site could be developed into new estate in Rotherham

Plans to build 217 new homes on Shrogswood Road, Broom, Rotherham, are to be debated.

More than 200 new houses could be built on farmland close to Yorkshire golf club

Cabinet officially approves £9m for Wath Library development

Cabinet officially approves £9m for Wath Library development in Rotherham

Cabinet decides to lower energy bills for more than a thousand properties in Rotherham

Thousands of Yorkshire households will have lower energy bills

Rotherham Town Hall

Yorkshire council lowers energy bills for more than 1,000 properties in its area

Women of the World Rotherham Festival 2023. Photo by Kyte Photography

Ad Feature Women of the World Festival wows with girl power

The decision was approved at a meeting at Rotherham Town Hall

‘Inappropriate’ solar farm on greenbelt land granted permission despite concerns

Council accused of deducting wage of cleaner sent to closed Yorkshire school in blizzard

Council accused of deducting wage of cleaner sent to closed school in blizzard
An employee accused Rotherham Council of deducting their wage after sending them to closed schools to work during the big snow in early March this year.

The Victorian building in Maltby

Developer plans to increase height of historic building to fit in more flats

Thrybergh, near Rotherham

Pigs on the loose who roamed Yorkshire village for a week left residents 'upset'

Oregano Pizza and Kebab shop in Rotherham

Takeaway fined after inspectors found ‘evidence of active cockroach infestation’

The building at 3-7 Corporation Street in Rotherham

Council to buy burnt-out nightclub and turn it into apartments and shops

Fire near Sheffield that smouldered for four months ‘is now out’

Fire near Sheffield that smouldered for four months ‘is now out’

Treeton Dyke, taken by @andyhouston

Bird flu: Confirmed cases at popular walking spot in South Yorkshire

The Guest and Chrimes building in Rotherham, with Rotherham United's New York Stadium just in the distance

Plan to transform iconic Yorkshire building into music venue scrapped

Residents are being asked to have their say on improvements at Rother Valley Country Park.

Plans for new lakeside cafe and play area at country park revealed

The Joker in Bramley

Residents complaints lead to pub promising to 're-establish' itself in community

The Joker in Bramley, Rotherham

'Our weekends are hell' - Pub to have licence reviewed after complaints

A report concluded that most vehicles were travelling within the new 50mph limit

'Racetrack' between Yorkshire villages does 'not meet threshold' for cameras
A Rotherham road previously described as a “racetrack” following a number of collisions does not meet the required threshold for the installation of average speed cameras, according to a new report.

The distinctive Waterloo Kiln was once part of the Rockingham Pottery works near Rotherham but is now decaying

Heritage at Risk register 2022: The Yorkshire buildings added and removed

The Forge Island scheme has already signed up Travelodge, the Arc Cinema and a number of food outlets to the flagship regeneration project.

Council agrees to fund Rotherham’s Forge Island project

A former shop keeper has been fined £266 after an an inspection uncovered a rat infestation and the council deemed it “a risk to people’s health”.

Former shop keeper fined after ‘rat infestation’

Plans to convert former pub into multi-occupancy house approved by council

Plans to convert former pub into multi-occupancy house approved by council

Jones Homes has acquired land to build 12 homes in Harthill, Rotherham, following the success of its Hillside Green development on adjoining land.

Affordable homes to be included in Rotherham housing development

BBC Wire

New apartments “likened to modern day prison” by residents in Rotherham refused

Rotherham Council leader Chris Read has been in charge of the authority since its lowest point in 2015.

Rotherham abuse survivors have changed national attitudes, says council leader

The queue outside one of Rotherham's pawnbrokers

Yorkshire pawnbrokers runs out of money as hundreds cash in council tax rebates

Maltby fire station closed in 2017

Lidl gets permission for new store on site of former fire station in Yorkshire

Campaign group members pictured in 2018

Villagers celebrate 'momentous victory' as Government rejects fracking site plan

How the new Lidl in Rotherham could look from above

New Lidl set to open on site of former fire station - and opposite a Tesco

Sheffield Peace Gardens. (Pic credit: Scott Merrylees)

Sheffield hosts national roadshow to celebrate UEFA Women’s EURO 2022

Clare Turner, 24, died in a collision on the road in Rotherham in 2019

Residents and firefighters beg for speed cameras on 'racetrack' Yorkshire road

Kate could only communicate by blinking after she suffered a brain haemorrhage

Super-fit Yorkshire mother paralyzed by brain haemorrhage is battling back

Rotherham-based business process outsourcer Parseq has helped around 400 temporary staff secure new roles.

400 people secure jobs after Parseq leads recruitment effort

File photo of solar panels

Solar farm that ‘would operate for 40 years’ planned for Yorkshire land

The development would be made up of eight two storey homes and two bungalows, all with two parking spaces.

Plans lodged for new homes despite report indicating 'fault line' near site

The former Regal Cinema in Rotherham

Historic cinema saved from demolition after being granted Grade II-listed status

Traditional phone boxes such as this one in Patrick Brompton in the Yorkshire Dales, have been repurposed into libraries, defibrillator units and exhibition spaces

Rotherham Council saves nine traditional phone boxes from being scrapped by BT

The site of the new hotel.

Rotherham to get its first chain budget hotel with opening of new Travelodge

Flooding in Rotherham in 2019

More than £35m still needed for flood alleviation schemes Rotherham

Robert Jenrick pictured outside BBC Broadcasting House, July 4 2021 (PA/Dominic Lipinski)

Councils should 'step up' to develop 'high quality' levelling up bids

Liam Harron with a copy of Voices of Despair, Voices of Hope in 2015. Picture: Jason Chadwick

Council committed 'clear and prolonged' FoI breach linked to CSE booklet ruling

The scheme, submitted by Strata Homes, would have seen 196 homes built on 10.16 hectares of land off Chapel Way and Lambrell Avenue, along with 439 parking spaces.

Council refuses plans for 200 homes

Alexander Stafford (centre) campaigning before the 2019 General Election with then Chancellor Sajid Javid.

Rotherham levelling-up row highlights shifting political sands: The YP says

More than 2,200 rough sleepers or people at risk of homelessness were helped in Yorkshire during lockdown. Picture: Nick Ansell/PA Wire

'Vital' support to help homeless must continue

The M1 in South Yorkshire

Accusations of 'virtue signalling' as council discusses smart motorways

The Piece Hall

The Piece Hall to be given emergency grant from Historic England's coronavirus f...