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Smithy Fold House, Smithy Fold Lane, Wortley, Sheffield, S35 7DA

2015/0688Change of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 17 August 2015

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from domestic storage and garage to dwelling

Received
2 June 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Penistone East Ward
  1. Received2 Jun
  2. Validated1 Jul
  3. Consult.22 Jul
  4. Target26 Aug
  5. Decided17 Aug

Decided in 47 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Smithy Fold House, Smithy Fold Lane, Wortley, Sheffield, S35 7DA. Barnsley has handled 280 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 6 days longer than Barnsley's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 66 applications across Penistone East Ward. We hold 376 applications in total for the S35 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
S35 7DA
Application type
Change of Use
Development type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wortley

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 July 2015
Consultation expiry
22 July 2015
Consultation end
22 July 2015
Last date for comments
22 July 2015
Target decision date
26 August 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    22 Aug

    Replacement rear porch with new glazed gable entrance

    PendingHouseholder2023/0786

Source: Barnsley

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