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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23,071 approved · 2,642 refused · 1,552 withdrawn.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: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
214 Pogmoor Road Pogmoor Barnsley
Received 4 May 200617 Pickhills Avenue, Goldthorpe, Rotherham, S63 9JE
Received 12 Nov 2018Gunthwaite House, Gunthwaite Lane, Gunthwaite Park, West Yorkshire, S36 7GE
Received 30 Dec 2008Cat Hill Hall Farm, Cat Hill Lane, Hoylandswaine, Sheffield, S36 7JB
Received 6 Mar 20082 Carr Lane, Tankersley, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 3BE
Received 22 Feb 2010Worsbrough Equestrian, Worsbrough Road, Worsbrough, Barnsley, S70 5LN
Received 1 Aug 2025Land adjacent 31 Green Lane, Off Tankersley Lane, Tankersley, Barnsley, S74 0DT
Received 27 Sept 2010Arrandale 92 West Street Hoyland Barnsley South Yorkshire S74 9DJ
Received 28 Sept 20051 Mount Pleasant Court, Crane Moor, Sheffield
Received 6 Jul 2009Land to west of Perseverance Street, Barnsley, S70 6HD
Received 12 Jun 202311 Haddon Close, Dodworth, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 3ST
Received 8 Feb 2011Howarth Timber Barnsley, Stocks Lane, Barnsley, S75 2BL
Received 21 Sept 202378 Middlecliffe Lane, Little Houghton, Barnsley, S72 0HW
Received 6 Jun 2017211 Weetshaw Lane, Cudworth, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Received 7 Feb 2008The Alhambra Shopping Centre, Cheapside, Barnsley, S70 1SB
Received 20 Apr 20176 Woburn Place, Dodworth, Barnsley, S75 3ST
Received 1 Apr 2008Keresforth Road, Dodworth, Barnsley, S75 3NU
Received 4 Apr 2007Scouts Bridge Farm, 171 Huddersfield Road, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 7BX
Received 23 Nov 2017Keresforth House, Dark Lane, Barnsley, S70 6RZ
Received 4 Aug 202131 Cone Lane, Silkstone Common, Barnsley
Received 12 Oct 200718 Nethercroft, Barugh Green, Barnsley, S75 1QB
Received 2 Dec 2016Land at High Street, Royston, Barnsley
Received 18 Mar 201411 Copeland Road, Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S73 8TF
Received 27 May 2014Roger Royd Farm, Whin Moor Lane, Silkstone, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 4NL
Received 25 Oct 2007Records 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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