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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.
23,065 approved · 2,642 refused · 1,552 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 2005 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Oakfield Walk, Pogmoor, Barnsley, S75 2LW.
Received 20 Feb 20122 Overdale Avenue, Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley, S70 4BB
Received 23 Dec 20209 Castle View, Hood Green Road, Hood Green, Barnsley, S75 3HB
Received 24 Aug 20151-3 High Street, Dodworth, Barnsley, S75 3RF
Received 24 Dec 200918 Low Cudworth Green, Cudworth, Barnsley, S72 8EF
Received 24 Oct 2018Land to the rear of 71 & 73 Wood Street, Barnsley
Received 20 Jul 200714 Lindley Crescent, Thurnscoe, Rotherham, S63 0SW
Received 9 Oct 202414 Innovation Way, Wilthorpe, Barnsley, S75 1JL
Received 5 Aug 20203 Naylor Grove Dodworth Barnsley
Received 20 Apr 200615 Bramham Croft, Wombwell, Barnsley, S73 8BE
Received 5 May 2021Land at Calder Close, Durkar, Wakefield
Received 9 May 2013Fairfield, Church Street, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 6AR
Received 18 Nov 2013Land at Park Road, Worsborough, Barnsley, S70 5BA
Received 13 Mar 2025Burlington Arcade, Barnsley, S70 1SZ
Received 27 Mar 201715 Hackings Avenue, Cubley, Sheffield, S36 6BN
Received 30 May 2022Land off Midland Road, Adjacent to 320 Midland Road, Canalside, Royston
Received 25 Oct 2005Land Marrow Mews, 17 Vernon Road, Worsborough, Barnsley South Yorkshire, UK, S70 5BE
Received 21 Jun 2010Hudroyd House, Genn Lane, Ward Green, Barnsley, S70 6NW
Received 13 Feb 2023Penistone Markets Area, St Mary's Street/Market Street, Penistone, Sheffield
Received 14 May 2008Land rear of 17-28 Wellcroft Mews, Worsbrough, Barnsley, S70 5LW.
Received 14 Jun 2011Land at Carrs Lane, Cudworth, Barnsley
Received 14 Jun 20191 Grange Court, Wombwell, Barnsley, S73 0EZ
Received 17 Nov 2025448 Burton Road Monk Bretton Barnsley
Received 24 Feb 200615 Hannas Royd, Dodworth, Barnsley, S75 3SW
Received 9 Aug 2016Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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