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Land off Engine Lane, Ferrymore Way, Grimethorpe, Barnsley, S72 7BN

2014/1286Change of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 18 February 2015

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use of land to a private single family gypsy/traveller site including the siting of caravans, a utility block and formation of hard standing (Retrospective)

Received
29 October 2014
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
North East Ward
  1. Received29 Oct
  2. Validated18 Dec
  3. Consult.8 Jan
  4. Target12 Feb
  5. Decided18 Feb

Decided in 62 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land off Engine Lane, Ferrymore Way, Grimethorpe, Barnsley, S72 7BN. Barnsley has handled 280 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 6 weeks longer 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 24 applications across North East Ward. We hold 985 applications in total for the S72 postcode area.

73% of amendment 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
S72 7BN
Application type
Change of Use
Development type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Brierley

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 December 2014
Consultation expiry
8 January 2015
Consultation end
8 January 2015
Last date for comments
8 January 2015
Target decision date
12 February 2015
Committee meeting
17 February 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
9

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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