129 Newhill Road, Smithies, Barnsley, S71 1XH

2024/0519Prior Notification - HouseholderApproved

Householder

Approved on 17 July 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval - Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Single storey rear extension with a rearward projection of 6 metres, an eaves height of 2.5 metres and an overall height of 2.8 metres (Prior Notification Householder).

Received: 8 June 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Old Town Ward

ReceivedReceived8 Jun
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation8 Jul
TargetTarget Date19 Jul
DecidedDecided17 Jul

Decided in 39 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 129 Newhill Road, Smithies, Barnsley, S71 1XH. Barnsley has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 4 weeks quicker than Barnsley's typical decision time. 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.

84% of outline 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 1XH
Application type: Prior Notification - Householder
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Validated: 8 June 2024
Consultation expiry: 8 July 2024
Consultation end: 8 July 2024
Target decision date: 19 July 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 41 days

Additional information

Documents: 3

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.

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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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