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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23,046 approved · 2,643 refused · 1,555 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 2005 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cliff Edge, Cliff Road, Darfield, Barnsley
Received 8 Jan 2009The Gate House, Windhill Lane, Staincross Common, Barnsley
Received 14 Sept 200738 Church Street, Gawber, Barnsley, S75 2RH
Received 31 Aug 20115 Beacon Court, Silkstone Common, Barnsley, S75 4QH
Received 23 Dec 201310 Wakefield Road Staincross Barnsley South Yorkshire S75 6JX
Received 20 Mar 20061, 2, 3 Regent Gardens, Back Lane, Penistone, Sheffield
Received 16 Jul 200913 Wellthorne Lane, Ingbirchworth, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 7GJ
Received 23 Aug 2006Land between Cheapside/ May Day Green/ Kendray Street/ Lambra Road, west of railway line, the Barnsley Markets site and land east of railway line, formerly the CEAG site between Kendray Street and Harborough Hill Road, Barnsley.
Received 27 Jun 2006Berneslai Close, Barnsley, S70 2HL
Received 29 Nov 2017269 Manchester Road, Millhouse Green, Sheffield, S36 9NP
Received 16 Apr 2008The Bungalow, 60 Bloemfontein Street, Cudworth, Barnsley, S72 8UN
Received 7 Sept 201117 Medway Close, Barugh Green, Barnsley, S75 1NY
Received 25 Oct 20213 Spring Gardens, Huthwaite Lane, Thurgoland, Sheffield, S35 7AF
Received 29 Jan 2024Land to the North of Lundhill Road, Wombwell, Barnsley
Received 15 Mar 20234 Limes Avenue, Gawber, Barnsley, S75 2JB
Received 26 Apr 20119 Blackthorne Court, Kendray, Barnsley, S70 3NL
Received 22 Jan 2016Kings Oak Primary Learning Centre, Bondfield Close, Wombwell, Barnsley, S73 8TX
Received 8 Nov 201317 The Meadows, Silkstone Common, Barnsley, S75 4SG
Received 27 Feb 201516 Guildford Road, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4HU
Received 11 Oct 2010North east of junction 32 of the M62 motorway.
Received 19 Dec 20221 Wentworth Mews Mapplewell Barnsley South Yorkshire
Received 8 Sept 2005LSJ Supermarket, 132 Darfield Road, Cudworth, Barnsley, S72 8RJ
Received 19 May 2016UNIT 4 CLIFFE HOUSE FARM.Mortimer Road. Cubley. Barnsley S36 9FR
Received 10 Jun 201142 Tempest Avenue, Darfield, Barnsley, S73 9BJ
Received 3 May 2012Records 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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