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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.
23,071 approved · 2,642 refused · 1,552 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 2005 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Green Acres, Bedding Edge Road, Hepworth, Holmfirth, HD9 1TP
Received 4 Nov 200865 Barnsley Road, Darfield, Barnsley, S73 9PD
Received 18 Aug 201516 Salcombe Close, Mapplewell, Barnsley, S75 6FG
Received 8 Apr 20165, 5a, 7, 7a, 9 & 9a Market Street, Hoyland, Barnsley, S Yorks, S74 9QR
Received 18 Jun 2010Land BMBC Asset ID E00546, Land off Willow Road, Thurnscoe, Rotherham, S63 0PG
Received 8 Feb 20181 Mayberry Drive, Silkstone, Barnsley
Received 19 Aug 200942 St Andrews Drive, Darton, Barnsley, S75 5LX
Received 11 Nov 2013Hazlehead Farm, Lee Lane, Millhouse Green, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 9NN
Received 10 Jan 2018Premdor, Birthwaite Business Park, Huddersfield Road, Darton, Barnsley, S75 5JS
Received 7 May 201912 Sunny Bank Drive, Cudworth, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S72 8JG
Received 3 Aug 2006Land off Dance Lane, Crane Moor, Sheffield
Received 19 Mar 2008Cliff Edge, Cliff Road, Darfield, Barnsley, S73 9HR
Received 8 Jan 2009Soar and Sons Ltd,Tank Row, Stairfoot, Barnsley, S Yorks, S71 5AD
Received 30 Jul 201012 Belle Green Lane, Cudworth, Barnsley, S72 8LU
Received 14 Sept 202026 Highfields, Hoylandswaine, Sheffield, S36 7JP
Received 25 Mar 2024Spencer Garage, Littleworth Lane, Lundwood, Barnsley, S71 5RG
Received 25 Nov 201110 Princess Grove, Pilley Green, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 3BG
Received 24 Jun 2008Land Off 59 Windsor Crescent, Little Houghton, Barnsley, S72 0HG
Received 8 Dec 2014Land at Windhill Lane, Staincross, Barnsley, S75 5BH
Received 25 Sept 20194 Lewden Garth, Lewden Farm Lane, Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley, S70 4TB
Received 22 Jan 2016Land fronting 115 and 117 Milton Road Hoyland, Barnsley.
Received 31 Mar 200622 West Street, Hoyland, Barnsley, S74 9AG
Received 5 Feb 201548 Eldon Street North, Barnsley.
Received 30 Sept 2005Bentcliffe Grange, South Lane, Cawthorne, Barnsley
Received 27 Jul 2009Records 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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