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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
22,538 approved · 2,644 refused · 1,557 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 2005 to 28 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 4 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Carlton Colliery, Shaw Lane, Carlton, Barnsley
Received 22 Dec 20084 Stonehill Rise, Cudworth, Barnsley, S72 8JE
Received 8 Oct 2020Land to the north of 15 and 20 Greenside, Shafton, Barnsley, S72 8PL
Received 20 May 201361 Stead Lane, Hoyland Common, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S74 0AD
Received 8 Mar 20104 Holgate, Wombwell, Barnsley, S73 8SL
Received 23 Nov 2010158 Intake Lane, Pogmoor, Barnsley, S75 2HU
Received 30 Apr 2020Rockleigh, Hood Green Road, Hood Green, Barnsley, S75 3HE
Received 6 Mar 2017Barn, Land at Hornthwaite Hill Road/Cross Lane Junction, Thurlstone, Sheffield, S36 9QL
Received 1 Mar 2019Gateway 36 Development Phase 2 Site; Land south of Dearne Valley Parkway, Hoyland. Plot identified as Unit 7.
Received 10 Mar 2025Dearne Valley Parkway, Wombwell South, Barnsley, S73 0PF
Received 12 Aug 2014122 Doncaster Road, Barnsley, S70 1TP
Received 1 Jun 2017Bond Road near Junction Huddersfield Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 1DR
Received 29 Mar 201110 Church Street, Carlton, Barnsley, S71 3EY
Received 9 May 2022Rockley Abbey Farm, Rockley Lane, Worsbrough, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 3DS
Received 18 Apr 2012Whites Bakery Ltd., Charles Street, Worsbrough, Barnsley, S70 5AF
Received 18 Apr 20147 Highridge Ward Green Barnsley
Received 6 Aug 2010Land to the West of Sheffield Road, Hoyland, Barnsley
Received 22 Oct 20201-4 Elizabeth Court, Grimethorpe, Barnsley, S72 7HZ
Received 15 Jun 20163 Market Square, Goldthorpe, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 9HD
Received 13 Feb 2008Darfield Valley Methodist Church, Snape Hill Road, Darfield, Barnsley, S73 9LT
Received 15 Mar 2023Land adjacent to Tofts Lane, Green Moor, Sheffield
Received 8 Jun 201191 Barnsley Road, Goldthorpe, Rotherham
Received 12 Dec 2006245 Park Road, Barnsley, S70 1QW
Received 25 Jun 202435 Newfield Avenue, Monk Bretton, Barnsley, S71 2LD
Received 18 Oct 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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