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Hirst Cottage, Chapel Lane, Billingley, Barnsley, S72 0HZ

2025/0153FullApproved

Approved on 29 January 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)17 conditions

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing dwelling (retrospective) and erection of 1no. detached dwelling with integral garages (custom/self-build)

Received
5 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Darfield
  1. Received5 Mar
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.3 Dec
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 330 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Hirst Cottage, Chapel Lane, Billingley, Barnsley, S72 0HZ. Barnsley has handled 3,131 applications of this type. This one was decided in 330 days, 37 weeks longer than Barnsley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Darfield. We hold 985 applications in total for the S72 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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Application details

Postcode
S72 0HZ
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Billingley

Planning application dates

Validated
5 March 2025
Consultation expiry
3 December 2025
Consultation end
3 December 2025
Target decision date
30 April 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
24

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: Billingley
  • Green belt: Barnsley
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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