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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.
23,046 approved · 2,643 refused · 1,553 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 2005 to 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Land rear of 1 Coronation Road, Barugh Green, Barnsley, S75 1NN
Received 11 May 20123 Chaloner Heights, Blacker Hill, Barnsley
Received 20 Sept 200690 Park Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 1YG
Received 9 Jul 2010139 Barnsley Road, Darfield, Barnsley, S73 9PE
Received 14 May 20228 St Andrews Square, Bolton Upon Dearne, Rotherham, S63 8BA
Received 4 Aug 201117 Tivy Dale, Cawthorne, Barnsley, S75 4EJ
Received 31 Jan 2017The Grange, 36 Huddersfield Road, Ingbirchworth, Sheffield, S36 7GF
Received 13 Sept 2024Cannon Hall Open Farm, Bark House Lane, Cawthorne Barnsley, S75 4AT
Received 19 May 201725 Herons Way, Birdwell, Barnsley, S70 5SF
Received 6 Jun 2022Lower Dyson Cote, Dyson Cote Lane, Snowden Hill, Sheffield, S36 8YR
Received 13 Feb 2026Land at Westfield House Farm, Brockholes Lane, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 9FB
Received 20 May 201911 Peel Square, Barnsley, S70 2QT
Received 31 Mar 2026Industrial Unit, Pogwell Lane, Higham, Barnsley
Received 21 Sept 200622 Wellington Street, Barnsley, South Yorks, S70 1SS
Received 26 May 2010Delgarth, 155 Smithies Lane, Smithies, Barnsley, S71 1NL.
Received 27 Feb 201225 Poplar Avenue, Shafton, Barnsley, S72 8PU
Received 6 Mar 2012Jump Children & Adult Learning Centre, Church Street, Jump, Barnsley, S74 0HZ
Received 4 Feb 20113 Wakefield Road Monk Bretton Barnsley South Yorkshire S71 1LY
Received 21 Nov 200540 Thurnscoe Road, Bolton Upon Dearne, Rotherham, S63 8AG
Received 23 Sept 201915 St Martins Close, Pogmoor, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S75 2LB
Received 4 Aug 2009Jimmy's Fireworks Ltd., Maple Road, Tankersley, Barnsley, S75 3BL
Received 26 Apr 2018Land adjacent 37 Tomlinson Road, Elsecar, Barnsley
Received 1 Nov 200714 Ardsley Road, Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley, S70 4RJ
Received 16 Aug 20192B Bethel Street, Hoyland, Barnsley
Received 16 Sept 2009Records 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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