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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.
23,085 approved · 2,643 refused · 1,553 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 2005 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Next PLC, Brookfields Drive, Manvers, Rotherham, S63 5DF
Received 24 Feb 201160 Parkside Road, Hoyland, Barnsley, S74 OAH
Received 22 Jul 2021The Prince Public House, 34-36 Sheffield Road, Hoyland Common, Barnsley, S74 0DQ
Received 15 Jun 2010Ground Floor, 33 Greenside, Staincross, Barnsley
Received 17 May 2007Ferns, Cliff Road, Darfield, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S73 9HR
Received 27 Jul 2009Land off Wilthorpe Road, Wilthorpe Road, Barnsley, S75 1JQ
Received 14 Oct 20223 Littleworth Lane, Monk Bretton, Barnsley
Received 2 Aug 2007Hangman Stone Bar Farm, Moor Lane, Birdwell, Barnsley, S70 5TY
Received 13 May 2022Land off Schwabisch Gmund Way, Barnsley, S71 1AY
Received 22 Apr 2022Hall Street, Hoyland, Barnsley, S74 9JR
Received 18 Mar 2019418 Carlton Road, Carlton, Barnsley, S71 3HX
Received 22 Apr 2015Land West of Hopewell Street, Stairfoot, Barnsley
Received 8 Sept 2022Oaks Park Primary Care Centre, Thornton Road, Barnsley, S70 3NE
Received 19 Dec 2011Land between 42 and 44 Filey Avenue, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4PZ
Received 31 May 2023Rear of 7 - 29 May Terrace, Barnsley, S70 6HS
Received 9 Jul 201831 Roman Road, Kexbrough, Barnsley, S75 5DE
Received 7 Sept 2016Land off Warren Walk, Royston, Barnsley S71 4EB
Received 1 Aug 201183 Brierley Road, Grimethorpe, Barnsley, S72 7DT
Received 12 Aug 2021Darley Cliff Hall, Kingwell Road, Worsbrough, Barnsley, S70 4AG
Received 12 Jun 201910 Croft Drive, Millhouse Green, Sheffield, S36 9NE
Received 29 Nov 202352 South Road, Dodworth, Barnsley, S75 3LQ
Received 21 Apr 20091 Plumpton Court, Manchester Road, Thurlstone, Sheffield, S36 9QW
Received 12 Jun 2014Wentworth Castle Gardens, Lowe Lane, Stainborough, Barnsley, S75 3ET
Received 24 Jan 2019The Glass Works, Barnsley, S70 1GW
Received 9 Jun 2021Records 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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