Flat 1 and Flat 2, 35 Carlton Road, Smithies, Barnsley, S71 1UF

2023/0122Certificate of Lawfulness - ExistingAwaiting decision

Lawful development certificate

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

Proposal

Use of property for 4no self contained flats (Lawful development certificate for an existing use)

Received: 6 February 2023
Decision due: 3 April 2023
Decision level: Under Consideration
Council: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Old Town Ward

ReceivedReceived6 Feb
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation20 Mar
TargetTarget Date3 Apr
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Flat 1 and Flat 2, 35 Carlton Road, Smithies, Barnsley, S71 1UF. Barnsley has handled 280 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 6 February 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Dover House Estate conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Old Town Ward. We hold 968 applications in total for the S71 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: S71 1UF
Application type: Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Validated: 6 February 2023
Consultation expiry: 20 March 2023
Consultation end: 20 March 2023

Planning decision

Decision: Under Consideration
Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 4

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.

Source: Barnsley

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