Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council planning applications
Data as of 5 November 2026
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council decided more than 650 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 8% of those it approved or refused, about the same as the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 57 days to decide one.
Look up one application
Search by reference or address on Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).
Figures for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
| Applications decided | more than 650 |
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| Share refusedof those approved or refused | 8%middle UK council 9% |
| Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date | 57 daysmiddle UK council 55 days |
| Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings | 5%of more than 200 decided |
| Appeals decidedin the last three years | 90 |
| Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits | 32%about one in three |
| Officer reports and decision notices searchable | back to 2017 |
| Local Plan policies held | 92plan adopted 2019 |
What inspectors decide appeals on
In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council’s planning applications.
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“The main issues are: • Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to any relevant development plan policies and the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework) including, where appropriate, its effect on openness; •…”
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“The main issues are: • the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, • the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of future occupants, with particular regard to noise, outlook and…”
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“The main issue is the effect of the proposed development upon the character and appearance of the area.”
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“The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.”
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“The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the safe and efficient operation of the highway.”
How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.