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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22,546 approved · 2,644 refused · 1,557 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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 to the north of Finkle Street Lane, Wortley, Sheffield
Received 17 Oct 2013Dean Head Farm, Nine Hole Cottage, Dean Head Lane, Hunshelf, Sheffield, S36 8YR
Received 27 Jul 2020Land off Keresforth Close, Barnsley, S70 6RS
Received 7 Dec 202124 Heathercliff Way, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 6FN
Received 31 Jan 202040 Tempest Avenue, Darfield, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S73 9BJ
Received 17 Oct 2006Grange House, Hand Lane, Crane Moor, Barnsley, S35 7ER
Received 2 Feb 20169 Rowan Drive, Gawber, Barnsley, S75 2JG
Received 12 Feb 201532a Chapel Street, Birdwell, Barnsley.
Received 11 Jul 2007Former Ale House/Barn, Wellhouse Lane, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 7EY
Received 4 Feb 2011Land at Park Road, Worsbrough, Barnsley
Received 30 Nov 200723 Shelley Close, Penistone, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S36 6GT
Received 5 Mar 200715 Hackings Avenue, Penistone, Barnsley, S36 6BN
Received 11 Apr 202224 Tivy Dale Drive, Cawthorne, Barnsley, S75 4EN
Received 1 Jun 20164 Inkerman Road, Darfield, Barnsley, S73 9ND
Received 11 Nov 202557 Mortimer Road Cubley Barnsley South Yorkshire S36 6DE
Received 26 Oct 20059 Woodhead Lane, Hoyland, Barnsley, S74 9SZ
Received 16 Oct 2010119 Cross Lane, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4AR
Received 5 Oct 2023Land off Pennine Edge, Crow Edge, Sheffield, S36 4HE
Received 4 Dec 2025Land at Bondfield Close, Wombwell, Barnsley
Received 23 Oct 2019Co-operative New Lodge Wakefield Road New Lodge Barnsley S71 3TY
Received 12 May 2006Penistone Police Station, 1 Bridge Street Penistone, Sheffield, S36 6AJ
Received 1 Oct 2013Unit 3, Former Foulstone School Site, Nanny Marr Road, Darfield, Barnsley, S73 9AB
Received 23 May 202230 Market Hill, Barnsley, S70 2QE
Received 15 Sept 201611 Ollerton Road, Athersley North, Barnsley, S71 3DR
Received 10 Feb 2015Records 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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