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51A Huddersfield Road, Barnsley, S75 1DR

2024/0949HouseholderRefused

Refused on 20 December 2024

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Alterations to roof and conversion of loft into habitable space and erection of front porch.

Received
1 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Old Town Ward
  1. Received1 Nov
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.4 Dec
  4. Target6 Jan
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 49 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a porch at 51A Huddersfield Road, Barnsley, S75 1DR. Barnsley has handled 3,131 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 3 weeks quicker than Barnsley's typical decision time. The site is in the Barnsley - Huddersfield Road 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 1,190 applications in total for the S75 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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Why it was refused

  1. In the opinion of the LPA the proposed alterations would result in an unsymmetrical, unbalanced property and is considered to significantly alter and detract from the character of the street scene and is considered to be contrary to Local Plan Policy HE1: The Historic Environment and Policy D1: High Quality Design and Placemaking. In addition the proposal would not preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Conservation Area, contrary to The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. Pursuant to article 35 (2) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) Order 2015 (as amended), the Local Planning Authority have, where possible, made a pre- application advice service available, and otherwise actively engaged with the applicant in dealing with the application in a

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
S75 1DR
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Validated
1 November 2024
Consultation expiry
4 December 2024
Consultation end
4 December 2024
Target decision date
6 January 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
66 days

Appeal history

3359585
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 11 March 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Barnsley - Huddersfield Road
  • 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: 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.

© 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.

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