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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22,547 approved · 2,644 refused · 1,557 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Wombwell Recreation Ground, Station Road, Wombwell Barnsley, S73 0AY
Received 25 Oct 20106 Tivy Dale Close, Cawthorne, Barnsley, S75 4ER
Received 30 Mar 2012Springwell Community School, St Helens Boulevard, Barnsley, S Yorks, S71 2AY
Received 28 Apr 2011Crabtree Arena, Firs Lane, Hoylandswaine, Barnsley
Received 21 Sept 2006Land to the rear of 116 Churchfield Lane, Darton, Barnsley, S75
Received 31 May 201854 Jebb Lane Haigh Barnsley S75 4BU
Received 4 Jan 2006Land at: Cheapside, Eldon Street, Midland Street, Kendray Street, May Day Green, Queen Street, Peel Square, Barnsley
Received 31 Jul 2020Land to rear of "Stonehurst", Green Road, Dodworth, Barnsley, S75 3RP
Received 4 Jun 2010Springfield Livery, Barnburgh Lane, Goldthorpe, Barnsley, S63 9PG
Received 14 May 20186 Vicarage Lane, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4QY
Received 3 Jun 202154 Hall Royd Walk, Silkstone Common, Barnsley, S75 4RQ
Received 10 Apr 2013108 Towngate Silkstone Barnsley S75 4SW
Received 22 Nov 2005Plumpton House, Manchester Road, Thurlstone, Sheffield, S36 9QW
Received 7 Apr 2022Stonecroft, Old Mill Lane, Thurgoland, Sheffield, S35 7EG
Received 13 Sept 2022Land adjacent 141 Furlong Road, Bolton on Dearne, Barnsley
Received 6 Feb 2008New Houses, Chapel Lane, Green Moor, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S35 7DX
Received 29 Aug 2008245 Park Road, Barnsley, S70 1QW
Received 9 Apr 2024Fitzwilliam Inn, 24 Sackville Street, Barnsley, S70 2DB
Received 28 Aug 201945 Eshlands Brook, Monk Bretton, Barnsley, S71 5SH
Received 10 May 20238 Pagnell Avenue, Thurnscoe, Rotherham, S63 0RF
Received 27 Oct 201577 Wood Walk, Wombwell, Barnsley
Received 6 Dec 2006A635, Barnsley Road, Goldthorpe, Rotherham
Received 20 Nov 20244 Rookery Way, Thurgoland, Sheffield
Received 19 Feb 200946 South Lea Avenue, Hoyland, Barnsley S74 9LY
Received 10 Sept 2014Records 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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