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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
22,921 approved · 2,644 refused · 1,556 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 2005 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land on the North West side of Hollin Moor Lane, Thurgoland, Sheffield, S35 7AX
Received 9 Apr 2019Cuckold Carr Farm, Coah Gate, Gunthwaite, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 7GE
Received 2 Aug 2017Three Ways, Low Lane, Braithwaite, Doncaster
Received 21 Sept 2015Land adjacent to no. 3 - 5 Thurnscoe Road, Bolton Upon Dearne, Rotherham, S63 8JW
Received 4 Apr 20116 Castle View, Green Moor Road, Green Moor, Sheffield, S35 7DQ
Received 23 Feb 20269 Regent Street, Barnsley, S70 2EG
Received 28 Mar 201841 Wood Lane Carlton Barnsley S71 3JQ
Received 16 Sept 2005137 Wakefield Road, Barnsley
Received 23 May 200726 Ripley Grove, Redbrook, Barnsley, S75 2RX
Received 5 Nov 201324 Dunmere Close, Monk Bretton, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S71 1XR
Received 29 Nov 2007Deepcar House, Storrs Mill Lane, Cudworth, Barnsley, S72 8SQ
Received 19 Oct 2011Land to north of Roughbirchworth Lane, Oxspring, Sheffield.
Received 3 May 2007Guyder Bottom Farm, Cooper Lane, Hoylandswaine, Barnsley, S36 7JE
Received 18 Nov 2011Turnpike Filling Station, Wakefield Road, Staincross, Barnsley, S75 6JX
Received 3 Apr 201732 Coniston Road, Barnsley, S71 1EL
Received 3 Sept 201986 Greenfoot Lane, Old Town, Barnsley, S75 2QW
Received 7 Dec 202050 Moorend Lane, Silkstone Common, Barnsley
Received 18 Jul 2007The Wentworth Arms Public House, Greenside, Mapplewell, Barnsley, S75 6AU
Received 24 Apr 20192 Verona Rise, Darfield, Barnsley, S73 9QW
Received 11 Mar 2009140 Dearne Hall Road, Barugh Green, Barnsley, S75 1LX
Received 23 May 201320 West Crescent, Oxspring, Sheffield, S36 8YU
Received 22 Feb 201944 Laithes Crescent, Athersley North, Barnsley, S71 3AE
Received 24 Jul 2015179 King Street, Hoyland, Barnsley, S74 9LL
Received 27 Jan 201533 Clumber Street, Barnsley
Received 3 May 2007Records 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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