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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.
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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23,071 approved · 2,642 refused · 1,552 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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1 Grange Court, Wombwell, Barnsley, S73 0EZ
Received 4 Dec 2020Land adjacent 69 Market Street, Hoyland, Barnsley.
Received 6 Jun 200722 Tennyson Close, Penistone, Barnsley, S36 6GY
Received 18 May 2009Land to rear of Clifton Avenue, Athersley North, Barnsley, S71 3NF
Received 9 Nov 2020321B Darton Lane, Mapplewell, Barnsley, S75 6AW
Received 29 Aug 202521 Thorncliff Way Tankersley Barnsley S75 3DN
Received 22 Mar 2006Darley Cliffe Hall, Kingwell Road, Worsbrough, Barnsley
Received 24 Oct 2019Highfield Greyhound Kennels Off Warren Walk Royston Barnsley
Received 6 Feb 200645 Woodroyd Close, Carlton, Barnsley, S71 3EL
Received 15 Nov 2007Springwood Barn, Roper House Lane, Thurgoland, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S35 7BL
Received 7 Dec 2009Middlewood Hall, Middlewood Hall Lodge, Doncaster Road, Darfield, Barnsley, S73 9HQ
Received 23 May 2022Co Operative Food, 16 - 22 Hoyland Road, Hoyland, Barnsley, S74 0NE
Received 17 Dec 20194 The Orchard, Thurnscoe, Rotherham, S63 0TD
Received 26 Jun 2015Gala Bingo (Barnsley), Pontefract Road, Barnsley.
Received 19 Mar 2007116 Manchester Road, Thurlstone, Sheffield, S36 9QW
Received 7 Jul 20234 Stanhope Meadows, Cawthorne, Barnsley, S75 4GQ
Received 1 Nov 202217 Hall Farm Grove, Hoylandswaine, Barnsley, S36 7LJ
Received 27 Feb 2023Land off Hawshaw Bank, Hoyland, Barnsley, S74 9ND
Received 23 May 2024Asda, Old Mill Lane, Barnsley, S71 1LN
Received 27 Jun 2017Land adjacent 66 Carr Green Lane, Mapplewell, Barnsley
Received 7 Nov 200719 Peterfoot Way, Barnsley, S71 3FE
Received 14 Feb 2017Former Poultry Shed, Bird Farm, Bird Lane, Thurgoland, Sheffield, S36 8YD
Received 5 Sept 2018The Bungalow, Halifax Road, Wortley, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S35 7DB
Received 2 Jan 200734 Mortimer Road, Cubley, Barnsley, S36 9DF
Received 21 Apr 2022Records 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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