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Keresforth Lodge, Dark Lane, Barnsley, S70 6RE

2018/1475FullApproved

Approved on 23 January 2019

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Conversion of garage into dwellinghouse and increase in eaves and ridge height to provide additional accommodation within the roof space

Received
28 November 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dodworth
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated4 Dec
  3. Consult.25 Dec
  4. Target23 Jan
  5. Decided23 Jan

Decided in 50 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Keresforth Lodge, Dark Lane, Barnsley, S70 6RE. 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. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Dodworth. We hold 243 applications in total for the S70 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
S70 6RE
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 December 2018
Consultation expiry
25 December 2018
Consultation end
25 December 2018
Target decision date
23 January 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
50 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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

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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