Arc Clean Car Centre, Wakefield Road, Smithies, Barnsley, S71 1NT

2018/0586FullApproved

Approved on 11 July 2018

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing car wash and extension of car sales area including the construction of new offices and valeting bays and associated works including 2m high fence

Received: 3 May 2018
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: St Helens Ward

ReceivedReceived3 May
ValidatedValidated29 May
Consult.Consultation19 Jun
TargetTarget Date24 Jul
DecidedDecided11 Jul

Decided in 43 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Arc Clean Car Centre, Wakefield Road, Smithies, Barnsley, S71 1NT. Barnsley has handled 3,131 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days. 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.

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

Postcode: S71 1NT
Application type: Full
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 May 2018
Consultation expiry: 19 June 2018
Consultation end: 19 June 2018
Target decision date: 24 July 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 5

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.

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