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Springwell Centre, St Helen's Boulevard, Athersley South, Barnsley, S71 2AY

2009/1377Reserved MattersApproved

Approved on 21 January 2010

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Demolition of existing school and erection of a new school (approval of reserved matters of planning application 2007/0040).

Received
23 October 2009
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
St Helens Ward
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.17 Nov
  4. Target22 Jan
  5. Decided21 Jan

Decided in 86 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Springwell Centre, St Helen's Boulevard, Athersley South, Barnsley, S71 2AY. Barnsley has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 3 weeks longer than Barnsley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 2 applications across St Helens Ward. We hold 968 applications in total for the S71 postcode area.

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

Postcode
S71 2AY
Application type
Reserved Matters
Development type
Advance Learning Centre
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2009
Consultation expiry
17 November 2009
Consultation end
17 November 2009
Last date for comments
17 November 2009
Target decision date
22 January 2010
Committee meeting
12 January 2010

Planning decision

Statutory period
87 days

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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