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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
22,995 approved · 2,643 refused · 1,555 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 2005 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rosehill Cottage, Keresforth Road, Dodworth, Barnsley, S75 3EB
Received 15 Nov 2023Land off Schwabisch Gmund Way, Barnsley, S71 1AY
Received 6 Mar 202462 Applehaigh View Royston BARNSLEY S71 4JG
Received 27 Nov 200837 Tivy Dale, Cawthorne, Barnsley, S75 4EH
Received 3 Sept 20099 Rosedale Gardens, Barnsley
Received 18 Sept 200619 Salters Way, Cubley, Sheffield, S36 6UE
Received 1 Apr 2015Mistal Barn, 4 Lewden Garth, Lewden Farm Lane, Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley, S70 4TB
Received 13 Mar 20152 Royd Moor Hall Farm, Royd Moor Road,Thurlstone, S36 7RD
Received 7 May 201037 George Street, Goldthorpe, Barnsley, S63 9AY
Received 6 Dec 20212 Quarry Street, Barnsley
Received 1 May 20073 Midland Road, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4QN
Received 12 Nov 2013138 Keresforth Hill Road Kingstone Barnsley
Received 27 Feb 200649 Wood Lane, Carlton, Barnsley, S71 3JQ
Received 30 Jan 20159 Camborne Way, Monk Bretton, Barnsley, S71 2NR
Received 5 Aug 20151 Unwin Crescent, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 6EG
Received 13 Nov 20232 Wentworth Mews, Mapplewell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 6FQ
Received 4 Jul 20071 Belridge Close, Redbrook, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 1HZ
Received 29 Jan 2007Saville House Farm, , Bents Road, Hazlehead, Crowedge, Sheffield, S36 4HJ
Received 2 Nov 201112 Osmond Drive, Worsbrough, Barnsley, S70 5BG
Received 31 Oct 201986 Dearne Hall Road, Low Barugh, Barnsley, S75 1LX
Received 4 Nov 202191 Lombard Crescent, Darfield, Barnsley, S73 9QX
Received 15 Aug 2012Rose Mount Cottage, Bank End Lane, High Hoyland, Barnsley, S75 4BE
Received 25 Nov 2010215 Darfield Road, Cudworth, Barnsley, S72 8JF
Received 30 Mar 20112 Darley Avenue, Worsbrough, Barnsley, S70 6SJ
Received 5 Aug 2014Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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