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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
22,860 approved · 2,644 refused · 1,556 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 2005 to 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Skiers Hall, Elsecar, Barnsley, S74 8EU
Received 4 Feb 20215 Parwich Walk, Dodworth, Barnsley, S75 3FB
Received 13 Aug 2026Land adjacent 82 Bondfield Crescent, Wombwell, Barnsley
Received 27 Jul 200640 Wakefield Road, Staincross, Barnsley, S75 6JY
Received 19 Feb 202128-30 Bistro Romanos, Shambles Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S70 2SW
Received 14 Jun 2010C K Beckett, Boulder Bridge Lane, Carlton, Barnsley, S71 3HJ
Received 10 Mar 202627 Oakdale, Worsbrough Bridge, Barnsley, S70 5EF
Received 16 Dec 202111 Mitchell Close, Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley, S70 4RZ
Received 26 Jun 201911A Shelley Drive, Monk Bretton, Barnsley, S71 2LR
Received 2 Jun 2021Phoenix Works, Saville Lane, Thurlstone, Barnsley, S36 9QU
Received 7 Nov 2012148 Green Road, Penistone, Sheffield, S Yorks, S36 6BG
Received 3 Feb 2010Land off Manchester Road, Millhouse Green, Barnsley
Received 15 Jun 2012The Civic, Hanson Street, Barnsley, S70 2HZ
Received 30 Jul 2021Gunthwaite Hall, Gunthwaite, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 7GE
Received 20 Apr 20111 The Croft, Elsecar, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S74 8EB
Received 3 Dec 2007Elsecar Holy Trinity Church Of England Primary Academy, Church Street, Elsecar, Barnsley, S74 8HS
Received 22 Jul 2026The Beeches, 174 Doncaster Road, Darfield, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S73 9JF
Received 28 Jul 200940 Champany Fields, Dodworth, Barnsley, S75 3TY
Received 17 Nov 201522 Riber Avenue, Athersley South, Barnsley, S71 3PT
Received 10 Aug 2010Old Mill Lane including Old Mill Lane Bridge to the east of the Asda Store. Old Mill Lane bridge crosses over the River Dearne, Barnsley
Received 9 Jan 202317 Willowbrook Close, Darton, Barnsley, S75 5PX
Received 22 Sept 20219 Thurgoland Hall Fold, Thurgoland, Barnsley, S35 7EA
Received 30 Sept 2016111 Higham Common Road, Barugh Green, Barnsley, S75 1NW
Received 5 Apr 201121 Albert Street, Cudworth, Barnsley, S72 8BD
Received 6 Mar 2024Records 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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