New housing in Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
We read Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council's planning register every day. We hold 18,479 of its planning applications going back to 2015, and 113 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 213% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 213% (2025)
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 18,479
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 103 | 60 | 14 |
| 2025 | 112 | 81 | 24 |
| 2024 | 132 | 104 | 21 |
| 2023 | 189 | 157 | 23 |
| 2022 | 204 | 151 | 28 |
| 2021 | 219 | 169 | 13 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,200 | Land South Of Hurst Lane And East Of A638 Great North Rooad Auckley Doncaster DN9 3NW Request for a scoping opinion for two alternative planning applications the first a residential development of 1,200 dwellings and the second application mixed use development of up to 1,039 market and affordable… 24/02145/SCOP | Decided | 18 Nov 2024 |
| 285 | Land South Of Grange Lane New Rossington Doncaster Request for a screening opinion for residential development comprising up to 285 new homes together with associated public open space, landscaping, and drainage infrastructure 26/00092/SCRE | Decided | 16 Jan 2026 |
| 200 | Land South Of Ladycroft Road Armthorpe Doncaster Request for a screening opinion for residential development comprising up to 200 new homes together with associated public open space, landscaping, and drainage infrastructure 26/00094/SCRE | Decided | 16 Jan 2026 |
| 187 | Land East Of Warning Tongue Lane Cantley Doncaster DN4 6TT Residential development of 187 dwellings including associated access and infrastructure (being amendment to application 21/03645/FULM granted on 14.06.2024; amendments to replace house types on plots 13, 19-28, 30, 38… 24/01830/MAT | Approved | 4 Oct 2024 |
| 174 | Land Off Alexandra Street Thorne Doncaster DN8 4EY Erection of 174 dwellings with associated infrastructure. (AMENDED SCHEME AND SITE BOUNDARY)(FURTHER AMENDED) 24/02105/FULM | Decided | 12 Nov 2024 |
| 167 | Land To The South Of Hungerhill Lane Edenthorpe Doncaster Details of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the erection of 167 dwellings (phase 2 development) (being matters reserved in outline application previously granted permission under ref: 23/01709/OUTM on… 24/00700/REMM | Approved | 18 Apr 2024 |
| 126 | Land At Former Rossington Colliery West End Lane New Rossington Doncaster DN11 0TT Details of appearance, landscaping, layout, and scale of design for the erection of 126 dwellings on approx 51.70ha of land (being matters reserved in outline application previously granted under 17/02958/FULM on 27… 24/01748/REMM | Approved | 23 Sept 2024 |
| 120 | Land On The North East Side Of Littleworth Lane Rossington Doncaster DN11 0HH Request for a scoping opinion for an Environmental Impact Assessment for a full planning application for the demolition of existing agricultural buildings and the erection of up to 120 residential dwellings with all… 26/01802/SCOP | Decided | 23 Sept 2026 |
| 111 | Land Off Doncaster Road (B1396) Branton Request for a screening opinion for up to no. 111 dwellings including associated infrastructure works. 25/02268/SCRE | Decided | 14 Nov 2025 |
| 100 | Broad Cut Farm Denby Dale Road Calder Grove Outline planning application (including details of access from the A636 [Denby Dale Road] but all other matters reserved) for up to 100 residential dwellings (Use Class C3) with erection of employment floorspace (Use… 24/02102/CON | Decided | 12 Nov 2024 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
- Adwick le Street
- Arksey
- Armthorpe
- Askern
- Auckley
- Austerfield
- Barnburgh and Harlington
- Barnby Dun
- Bawtry
- Bentley (Doncaster)
- Blaxton
- Braithwell
- Branton
- Campsall
- Conisbrough
- Denaby Main
- Doncaster
- Dunscroft and Hatfield
- Finningley
- Fishlake
- Hatfield Woodhouse
- High Melton
- Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe
- Mexborough
- Moorends
- Moss
- New Rossington and Rossington
- Norton (Doncaster)
- Scawthorpe and Cusworth
- Sprotbrough
- Stainforth
- Stainton (Doncaster)
- Thorne
- Tickhill
- Toll Bar
- Wadworth
- Warmsworth
- West End (Doncaster)
- Wroot
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.