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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.
23,038 approved · 2,643 refused · 1,555 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Chapel Street, Hoyland Common, Barnsley, S74 0NW
Received 24 Jun 201622 Saville Walk Brierley Barnsley S72 9HJ
Received 19 Jun 2006Unit 10, Mapplewell Drive, Mapplewell, Barnsley, S75 6BP
Received 1 Jun 2009Mystery Wood Farm, Cooper Lane, Hoylandswaine, Sheffield, S36 7JE
Received 3 Mar 2026St Michael & All Angels CPS, Stonyford Road, Wombwell, Barnsley S73 8AF
Received 3 Mar 2010Wentworth Brewsters, Maple road, Tankersley, Barnsley.
Received 4 Apr 2006Allotment Gardens off Bridge Street, Darton, Barnsley.
Received 20 Aug 2007Land to the west of Sheffield Road, Hoyland, Barnsley
Received 22 Jun 202010 Thurnscoe Hall Mews, High Street, Thurnscoe, Rotherham, S63 0AF
Received 12 Dec 202456 Hill End Road, Mapplewell, Barnsley, S75 6DU
Received 9 Mar 20232 Pearson Crescent, Wombwell, Barnsley, S73 8SN
Received 21 Oct 202410 Bar Lane, Staincross, Barnsley, S75 6DQ
Received 1 Jul 201610 Mortimer Road Cubley Barnsley
Received 19 Apr 200612 Bourne Court, Staincross, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 6JB
Received 15 Dec 200611 Ridgewalk Way, Ward Green, Barnsley
Received 28 Feb 200774 Bluebell Avenue, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 6LQ
Received 9 Nov 2015Osborne House, Osborne Court, Monk Bretton, Barnsley, S71 2JS
Received 8 Mar 202118 Pack Horse Green, Silkstone, Barnsley, S75 4JT
Received 23 Sept 2021362 Pontefract Road, Lundwood, Barnsley, S71 5JY
Received 17 Feb 2014Land adjacent to Ayton Wood Cottage, Crane Moor Road, Crane Moor, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S35 7AT
Received 14 Nov 200635 Dodworth Road, Barnsley, S70 6DY
Received 17 Dec 202562 Wigfield Drive, Ward Green, Barnsley, S70 5JN
Received 24 Jan 201825 Round Hill Darton Barnsley
Received 16 Feb 2006Land off Royd Moor Road, Thurlstone, Sheffield, S36 9RY
Received 19 Feb 2025Records 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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