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Wesleyan Reform Church, Wakefield Road, Smithies, Barnsley, S71 1NP

2025/0532FullApproved

Approved on 3 June 2026

Council decision: Approved Subject to Legal AgreementMember Consultation15 conditions

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

Proposal

Conversion of vacant church and church hall; installation of first floor in church building, including 8no dormer windows and 5no roof lights, the erection of an access ramp and associated works to create 11 residential apartments (Use Class C3).

Received
13 June 2025
Decision level
Member Consultation
Ward
St Helens Ward
  1. Received13 Jun
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.25 Jul
  4. Target12 Sep
  5. Decided3 Jun

Decided in 355 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at Wesleyan Reform Church, Wakefield Road, Smithies, Barnsley, S71 1NP. Barnsley has handled 3,131 applications of this type. This one was decided in 355 days, 41 weeks longer than Barnsley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 2 applications across St Helens Ward. We hold 968 applications in total for the S71 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
S71 1NP
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
11

Planning application dates

Validated
13 June 2025
Consultation expiry
25 July 2025
Consultation end
25 July 2025
Target decision date
12 September 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
29

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.

© 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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