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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.
23,043 approved · 2,643 refused · 1,553 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 2005 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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69 Washington Road, Goldthorpe, Rotherham, S63 9EE
Received 10 Sept 202017 Well Lane, Monk Bretton, Barnsley, S71 2EF
Received 11 Jul 2016Former Surgery adjacent to 20 Carr Head Lane, Bolton-on-Dearne, Rotherham
Received 16 May 200722 Ibberson Avenue, Mapplewell, Barnsley, S75 6BJ
Received 9 Feb 201538 Ingbirchworth Road, Thurlstone, Sheffield, S36 9QN
Received 19 Jan 2017Grimethorpe Sports Ground, Cemetery Road, Grimethorpe, Barnsley, S72 7EQ
Received 17 Sept 201049 Rowland Road, Old Town, Barnsley, S75 2PF
Received 14 Aug 2026Three Ways Garage/ Lions Autos, Station Road, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4EW
Received 8 Oct 2019Former Sandhaven Care Home, Bellwood Crescent, Hoyland Common, Barnsley, S74 0BL
Received 21 Nov 201756 St Andrews Drive, Darton, Barnsley, S75 5LX
Received 28 Jan 201966 Wath Road, Elsecar, Barnsley, S74 8HR
Received 1 Nov 2022Land adjacent Rockingham Roundabout, Birdwell, Barnsley, S74 0QA
Received 24 Feb 2017Cannon Hall Museum, Bark House Lane, Cawthorne, Barnsley, S75 4AT
Received 10 Dec 202049 Felkirk View, Shafton, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S72 8PG
Received 3 Jun 20105 Intake Filling Station Burton Road Barnsley S Yorks S71 2PA
Received 27 Nov 20097 Market Hill, Barnsley, S70 2PX
Received 15 Dec 2015Carlton Industrial Estate, Shawfield Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S71 3HS
Received 18 Aug 2008HSBC, 5 Market Hill, Barnsley, S70 2PY
Received 5 Dec 201420 The Glass Works, Barnsley, S70 1GW
Received 7 Feb 2022The Granary, Low Farm, Cemetery Road, Jump, Barnsley, S73 0QJ
Received 12 Apr 201710 Milton Road, Hoyland, Barnsley, S74 9AU
Received 8 Jul 2015The Eaves, 139A Green Road, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 6BH
Received 3 Feb 2023Land to the rear of Bollingbroke House Care Home, Common Road, Brierley, Barnsley, S72 9EA
Received 8 Aug 201697 Wentworth Road, Blacker Hill, Barnsley, S74 0RL
Received 30 Apr 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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