Tote Bookmakers, Birk Avenue, Kendray, Barnsley, S70 3AL

2024/0688Prior Notification - Commercial, Business and Service to ResidentialApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 November 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval - Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use from betting shop to 3 no flats (Prior Approval - Change of Use)

Received: 2 August 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Stairfoot Ward

ReceivedReceived2 Aug
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation10 Sep
TargetTarget Date11 Oct
DecidedDecided27 Nov

Decided in 117 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Tote Bookmakers, Birk Avenue, Kendray, Barnsley, S70 3AL. Barnsley has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 117 days, 7 weeks longer than Barnsley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Stairfoot Ward. We hold 243 applications in total for the S70 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: S70 3AL
Application type: Prior Notification - Commercial, Business and Service to Residential
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Validated: 2 August 2024
Consultation expiry: 10 September 2024
Consultation end: 10 September 2024
Target decision date: 11 October 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 70 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.

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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