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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
22,547 approved · 2,644 refused · 1,557 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 2005 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Sites: Land South of Doveside Drive, Wombwell, Barnsley Land North of Everill Gate Lane, Wombwell, Barnsley
Received 19 Sept 2017The Old Corn Mill, Manchester Road, Thurlstone, Sheffield, S36 9PT
Received 13 Aug 2019Unit 1a, Oaks Business Park, Oaks Lane, Hoyle Mill, Barnsley, S71 1HT
Received 1 Feb 2022o/s 35 Church Street, o/s Museum, Barnsley, S70 2AH
Received 6 Oct 2009105 Huddersfield Road, Penistone, S36 7BX
Received 25 Oct 2016Cat Hill Hall Mews, Firs Lane, Hoylandswaine, S30 6JB.
Received 17 Jun 2008Barnsley Town Hall Gardens Corner of Shambles Street and Church Street Barnsley South Yorkshire
Received 24 Oct 2005Crossways, Barnsley Road, Dodworth, Barnsley, S75 3JT
Received 8 Aug 2018Foulstone Forge, Foulstone Row, Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S73 0AU
Received 16 Apr 20101 Stainborough Close, Dodworth, Barnsley, S75 3RD
Received 27 Sept 20114 White Cross View, Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley, S70 4QB
Received 13 May 201416 Clarence Road Monk Bretton Barnsley S71 2NG
Received 23 Oct 2006Millstones, Oxspring, Sheffield, S36 8WZ
Received 22 Nov 201959 Cemetery Road, Hemingfield, Barnsley, S73 0QD
Received 5 Oct 2026Harlequin Cafe Takeaway 72 Furlong Road Bolton Upon Dearne Rotherham S63 8HA
Received 12 Oct 2005Georgia Pacific Ltd., Oughtibridge Mill, Oughtibridge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S35 ODN
Received 19 Jan 2010Mill Farm, New Road, Gunthwaite, Sheffield, S36 7GE
Received 20 Feb 2024126 Genn Lane, Worsbrough, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 6NW
Received 28 Feb 20077 Paddock Grove, Cudworth, Barnsley, S72 8GF
Received 4 Sept 202675 Cobcar Lane, Elsecar, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S74 8AW
Received 24 Nov 20052 Coleridge Avenue, Monk Bretton, Barnsley, S71 2DG
Received 31 Jul 2025179 King Street Hoyland Barnsley S74 9LL
Received 4 Jul 20144 St Pauls Way, Pilley, Barnsley, S75 3FH
Received 25 Nov 2022Land at Keswick Road, Staincross, Barnsley, S75 5BD
Received 12 Sept 2012Records 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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