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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
23,081 approved · 2,643 refused · 1,553 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 2005 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
97 Pogmoor Road, Pogmoor, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 2LP
Received 27 Oct 2009Formerly Sunnymede, Huddersfield Road, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 7BX
Received 24 Aug 2010Wilthorpe Public House, Huddersfield Road, Barnsley, S75 1HA
Received 19 Jul 2007Wigfield Farm, Haverlands Lane, Worsbrough, S70 5NQ
Received 10 Feb 2014Rosehill Cottage, Keresforth Road, Gilroyd, Barnsley, S75 3EB
Received 25 Feb 201618 A TENTERS GREEN WORSBROUGH BARNSLEY S70 5HG
Received 24 Mar 2010Stagecoach Services Ltd., Wakefield Road Depot, Wakefield Road, Barnsley, S71 1NT
Received 25 Jun 202457 Newland Avenue Cudworth Barnsley S72 8XD
Received 4 Jul 20149 Southfield Lane, Thurnscoe, Rotherham, S63 0RW
Received 12 Sept 2008108 Hawshaw Lane, Hoyland, Barnsley, S74 9ES
Received 16 Sept 2011Land Adj 121 Carlton Road, Barnsley
Received 4 Jun 2007Glaziers Yard, 15 Chambers Road, Platts Common Industrial Estate, Hoyland, Barnsley, S74 9SA
Received 2 Aug 202466 Agnes Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 1NH
Received 15 May 2009Warren View (Formerly Hillside Cottage) Warren Lane, Staincross, Barnsley, S75 5BQ
Received 17 Feb 20121 Garden Street, Darfield, Barnsley, S73 9AA
Received 29 Jan 2019Land Off Baden Street, Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 5PA
Received 29 Jul 2010The Old Sawmill, Forge Lane, Wortley, Sheffield, S35 7DN
Received 5 Mar 201323 Priory Close, Worsbrough Village, Barnsley , S70 5LX
Received 11 Nov 2013134 Church Hill, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4AQ
Received 24 Jun 2016Unit R1, Unit 3, The Glass Works, Barnsley, S70 1GW
Received 10 Sept 2019Cawthorne Park Woodlands, Upper Field Lane, Kexbrough, Barnsley
Received 16 Jun 201051 Worsbrough Road, Birdwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 5RE
Received 11 Sept 2007The Civic, Hanson Street, Barnsley, S70 2HZ
Received 5 Feb 201029 Cemetery Road, Hemingfield, Barnsley, S73 0PU
Received 22 Jun 2006Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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