Building At Old Denaby – Inquiry into New Project

May 1958

South Yorkshire Times, May 10, 1958

Building At Old Denaby
Inquiry into New Project

An appeal by an Old Denaby firm of builders against the refusal of the Doncaster Rural Council to allow them to build six houses on a site adjoining the Ivy House Farm, Old Denaby, was heard at a public inquiry at Doncaster on Tuesday.
Mr. James Webster, a director of the firm, told the inspector, Mr. S. R. King, conducting the inquiry on behalf of the Ministry of Housing, that he bought the land eleven years ago on which to build six houses.

He said Old Denaby was a growing village and many people in Mexborough wanted to live there. There was a great demand for private houses in Old Denaby, and he thought he had selected the best place to put them. The land, about one-third of an acre, was no good for agriculture. It had been tried and crops failed. He offered it rent free for one year to a farmer but he would not have it. The local agricultural committee had agreed that the best thing was to use the land for housing.

Mr. Frank T. Davis, area planning officer, said the intention was to limit development in the village. It was a small rural area, deficient in public services and not easy of access. There was no bus service.