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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23,071 approved · 2,642 refused · 1,552 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
THE CUDWORTH CENTRE, Carlton Street, Cudworth, Barnsley S72 8ST
Received 5 Sept 20117 Springwood Grove, Thurnscoe, Rotherham, S63 0UA
Received 8 May 20176 Daleswood Drive, Worsbrough, Barnsley, S70 4RU
Received 17 Jan 2018Tamar, 95 Mount Vernon Road, Worsbrough Common, Barnsley, S70 4HH
Received 11 Mar 201432 Peel Street, Barnsley, S70 2RE
Received 16 Apr 2025Hunningley View, 112 Hunningley Lane, Stairfoot, Barnsley, S70 3DT
Received 3 Aug 2023Worsbrough Common CP School, Bruce Avenue, Barnsley, S70 4EB
Received 19 Jul 20131 Lyndhurst Bank, Penistone, Sheffield
Received 2 Oct 2006Lakeside View, Blacker Green Lane, Silkstone, Barnsley, S75 4NF
Received 18 Apr 2017Howbrook Farm, Howbrook Lane, Wortley, Sheffield, S35 7EH
Received 19 Sept 2019All Hallows, Church Lane, High Hoyland, Barnsley, S75 4BJ
Received 13 Oct 202276 Queens Drive, Old Town, Barnsley, S75 2QE
Received 28 Mar 201817 Clarney Avenue, Darfield, Barnsley, S73 9EG
Received 3 Jun 20159 Wentworth Road, Elsecar, Barnsley, S74 8EP
Received 8 May 20187 Fairburn Grove, Elsecar, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S74 8BB.
Received 21 Apr 2008Redminster House, Towngate, Thurlstone, Sheffield, S36 9RH
Received 28 Aug 202631 Cedar Crescent, Kendray, Barnsley, S70 3LP
Received 17 Jun 20245 Haigh Close, Hoylandswaine, Barnsley
Received 12 Dec 20065 Market Street, Barnsley, S70 1SL
Received 23 Jan 2013The Lamproom Theatre, Westgate, Barnsley
Received 20 Jan 2006Greggs, 3 Peel Square, Barnsley, S70 2QT
Received 4 Apr 201423 Church Street, Barnsley, S70 2AH
Received 6 Aug 2024Kelvin Grove Sports And Social Club, Kelvin Grove, Wombwell, Barnsley, S73 0DL
Received 15 Sept 202519A The Balk, Staincross, Barnsley, S75 6JJ
Received 9 Apr 2019Records 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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