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Former Houghton Main Colliery, Middlecliff Lane, Little Houghton, Barnsley.

2009/0070OutlineRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 11 January 2012

Council decision: RefusePlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Mixed use redevelopment comprising B2 employment and residential (Outline)

Received
12 January 2009
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Darfield
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.28 Nov
  4. Target13 Apr
  5. Decided11 Jan

Decided in 1092 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an outline application at Former Houghton Main Colliery, Middlecliff Lane, Little Houghton, Barnsley.. Barnsley has handled 411 applications of this type. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Darfield.

84% of outline applications at Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Outline
Development type
Residential and Commercial
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Little Houghton

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2009
Consultation expiry
28 November 2011
Consultation end
28 November 2011
Last date for comments
28 November 2011
Target decision date
13 April 2009
Committee meeting
10 January 2012

Planning decision

Statutory period
89 days

Additional information

Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: BarnsleyNext to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2007
    1 Oct

    Erection of a first floor extension to rear of dwelling

    ApprovedHouseholder2007/1666

Source: Barnsley

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