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Houghton Washlands, Little Houghton, Barnsley

2009/1489FullApproved

Approved on 18 January 2010

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Excavation of three ponds to improve and enhance wetland habitat

Received
23 November 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Darfield
  1. Received23 Nov
  2. Validated26 Nov
  3. Consult.17 Dec
  4. Target18 Jan
  5. Decided18 Jan

Decided in 53 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Houghton Washlands, Little Houghton, Barnsley. Barnsley has handled 3,131 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 2 weeks quicker than Barnsley's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Darfield.

95% of full 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
Full
Development type
Pond
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Little Houghton

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 November 2009
Consultation expiry
17 December 2009
Consultation end
17 December 2009
Last date for comments
17 December 2009
Target decision date
18 January 2010

Planning decision

Statutory period
53 days

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Listed building: Grade II: Middlewood HallOn or next to this site
  • Green belt: Barnsley
  • 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 (18)

flood storage areas, 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

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© 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.

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