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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
22,549 approved · 2,644 refused · 1,557 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 2005 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land adjacent 2 Castle Lane, Penistone, Sheffield, S36 6AH
Received 13 Aug 20242 Wood Walk, Wombwell, Barnsley, S73 0NG
Received 19 Jul 2024Lion Autos, Station Road, Royston, Barnsley
Received 23 Jul 20077 Market Hill, Barnsley, S70 2PX
Received 18 Jan 201826 Arundell Drive, Lundwood, Barnsley, S71 5LE
Received 23 Apr 2010145 Furlong Road, Goldthorpe, Barnsley, S63 9PT
Received 20 Apr 2020Plots 9 and 10, Site off Millmoor Road, Darfield, Barnsley, S73 8AN
Received 27 Mar 2014Burntwood Hall Farm, Brierley, Barnsley, S72 9HB
Received 15 Dec 2021197 Cemetery Road, Jump, Barnsley, S74 0JE
Received 3 Jan 201875 Long Causeway, Monk Bretton, Barnsley, S71 2JJ
Received 31 Aug 2011189 Burton Road, Monk Bretton, Barnsley, S71 2HG
Received 13 Aug 201415 Marsala Walk, Darfield, Barnsley, S73 9RF
Received 7 Sept 202056 Brettas Park, Monk Bretton, Barnsley, S71 1XW
Received 12 Jul 2016The Dards Public House, Pontefract Road, Cudworth, Barnsley, S72 8AG
Received 9 Aug 2007Mandalay Lund Lane Lundwood Barnsley
Received 5 Jun 2006Land at Arundel View, Jump, Barnsley, S Yorks
Received 1 Apr 20103 Willowbrook Close, Darton, Barnsley, S75 5PX
Received 30 May 201714 Woodmoor Court, Wharncliffe Business Park, Barnsley South Yorkshire, S71 3HT
Received 27 Jul 20109 Risedale Road, Goldthorpe, Rotherham, S63 9NU
Received 26 May 2021281 Wakefield Road, Smithies, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S71 3TX
Received 4 Nov 2008Land adjacent 15 Albany Close, Wombwell, Barnsley
Received 28 Dec 200722 Hunters Rise, Pogmoor, Barnsley S75 2JX
Received 4 Jan 2017Unit 4, Carlton Industrial Estate, Shawfield Road, Carlton, Barnsley, S71 3HS
Received 15 Oct 2021Land to the east of Haddinley Lane, Cumberworth, Huddersfield, HD8 8YA.
Received 10 Apr 2012Records 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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