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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
22,546 approved · 2,644 refused · 1,557 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 2005 to 30 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Keir Street, Barnsley, S70 2PA
Received 28 May 2015Carlecotes Hall, Brook Hill Lane, Carlecotes, Sheffield, S36 4TD
Received 8 Jan 2015Wentworth Way, Tankersley, Barnsley, S Yorkshire, S75 3BQ
Received 2 Sept 201056 Springfields Redbrook Barnsley South Yorkshire S75 1JS
Received 13 Oct 20057 Larch Place Kendray Barnsley South Yorkshire S70 3DG
Received 14 Oct 200580 Sackville Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 2BY
Received 15 Dec 2006Land off Summerdale Drive and Carrs Lane, Cudworth, Barnsley
Received 28 Aug 201514 Wrelton Close, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4JQ
Received 16 Apr 2019Computer Centre, Maple Road, Tankersley, Barnsley, S75 3DJ
Received 6 Sept 2021Adam Laithe Barn, Silkstone Lane, Silkstone, Barnsley, S75 4LB
Received 27 Jan 202698 Dodworth Road, Barnsley, S70 6EY
Received 12 Jul 201910 Hoyland Road, Hoyland Common, Barnsley, S74 0LY
Received 28 Feb 2022229 Dodworth Road, Barnsley, S70 6PB
Received 28 Jan 2019106 Wath Road, Elsecar, Barnsley, S74 8JF
Received 12 Oct 2020370 Pontefract Road, Lundwood, Barnsley, S71 5JY
Received 23 Sept 2008Former Market Street School, Market Street, Hoyland, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Received 13 Jan 2014137 Pogmoor Road, Pogmoor, Barnsley, S70 6PT
Received 8 May 2009Land off Park Avenue, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4AD
Received 18 May 2017Glass Recycling UK, 418 Carlton Road, Carlton, Barnsley, S71 3HX
Received 31 Jul 20251 Prospect, Thurlstone, Sheffield, S36 9RA
Received 2 Oct 2014Bank House Farm, Hill Side Lane, Thurlstone, Sheffield, S36 9QJ
Received 3 May 2016Plot 1, Southfield Crescent Garage Site, Thurnscoe, Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Received 30 Mar 2007Land at West Road, Pogmoor, Barnsley (Site C).
Received 15 Mar 2011Land at Strafford Mine Water Treatment Scheme, Gilroyd Lane, Dodworth, Barnsley.
Received 13 Jan 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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