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15 Melville Street, Wombwell, Barnsley, S73 8HJ

2018/0104Change of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 20 April 2018

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use of former workshop and associated office (Class B2) to HMO (House in Multiple Occupation) (C4) including external alterations

Received
22 January 2018
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Wombwell Ward
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.2 Mar
  4. Target5 Apr
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 70 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 15 Melville Street, Wombwell, Barnsley, S73 8HJ. Barnsley has handled 280 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 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 16 applications across Wombwell Ward. We hold 666 applications in total for the S73 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
S73 8HJ
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2018
Consultation expiry
2 March 2018
Consultation end
2 March 2018
Target decision date
5 April 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 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.

  • 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.

Source: Barnsley

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