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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Barnsley website
22,895 approved · 2,644 refused · 1,556 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 2005 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Drop Inn and Car Park, Providence Street, Darfield, Barnsley, S73 8AN
Received 11 Aug 201017 Pickhills Avenue, Goldthorpe, Rotherham, S63 9JE
Received 9 Mar 2021'Fighting Cocks', Wombwell Road, Hoyland, Barnsley
Received 9 Aug 20062 Fields End Oxspring Sheffield S36 8WH
Received 5 Jun 200818 Roper Lane, Thurgoland, Barnsley, S35 7AA
Received 28 Nov 2016Barnsley Hospital NHS, Pogmoor Road, Barnsley, S75 2EP
Received 19 Jun 2012112 Sheffield Road, Springvale, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 6HF
Received 15 Sept 202031 Woodstock Road, Wilthorpe, Barnsley, S75 1DU
Received 3 Mar 20113 Vincent Road, Lundwood, Barnsley, S71 5NH.
Received 19 Oct 201711 - 15 High Street, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 6BR
Received 19 Aug 20219 MARKET STREET, BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, S70 1SL
Received 14 Dec 20104 Stonecrest Rise, Thurgoland, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S35 7BP
Received 16 May 200714 Market Hill, Barnsley, S70 2QE
Received 5 Dec 2016Cross Keys Hotel, Church Street, Darfield, Barnsley, S73 9JX
Received 16 Dec 2011Hermit Hill Farm Barn Hermit Hill Lane Wortley Barnsley
Received 10 Apr 2006Henry Windsor House, 13-17 Pitt Street, Barnsley, S70 1AL
Received 11 Feb 2019Existing public spaces within Barnsley Town Centre, including: Cheapside; Eldon Street; Midland Street; Kendray Street; May Day Green; Queen Street; and, Peel Square
Received 28 Aug 202063 Dearne Road, Bolton Upon Dearne, Rotherham, S63 8JR
Received 10 May 202447 Lundhill Road, Wombwell, Barnsley, S73 0RE
Received 23 Nov 2011Land adj 20 Windhill Drive, Staincross, Barnsley
Received 7 Mar 2014Red House Farm, Cross Hill, Brierley, Barnsley, S72 9LE
Received 25 Apr 202254 East Avenue, Wombwell, Barnsley, S73 8QQ
Received 10 Aug 2020Manor Farm, Stainborough Lane, Hood Green, Barnsley, S75 3HA
Received 1 Mar 20221 Wheatcroft Gardens, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 6GA
Received 29 Jun 2023Records 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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