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The Cowshed, Royd Hill Farm, Royd Lane, Higham, S75 1PH

2020/0743Prior Notification - Change of Use from Agriculture to ResidentialWithdrawn
Prior approval

Withdrawn

Council decision: Withdrawn DecisionWithdrawn-Applicant

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

Proposal

Conversion of agricultural building into a dwellinghouse (Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use)

Received
10 July 2020
Decision level
Withdrawn-Applicant
Ward
Dodworth
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target8 Mar
  5. Decided

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Cowshed, Royd Hill Farm, Royd Lane, Higham, S75 1PH. Barnsley has handled 280 applications of this type. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Dodworth. We hold 1,190 applications in total for the S75 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
S75 1PH
Application type
Prior Notification - Change of Use from Agriculture to Residential
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Validated
10 July 2020
Consultation expiry
11 February 2021
Consultation end
11 February 2021

Planning decision

Decision
Withdrawn Decision
Statutory period
241 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (18)

flood storage areas, 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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