Runswick, Midland Road, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4BP

2025/0545Change of UseApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 21 August 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from former Post Office to shop (Use Class E(a)) and associated alterations to exterior

Received: 18 June 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Royston Ward

ReceivedReceived18 Jun
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation28 Jul
TargetTarget Date13 Aug
DecidedDecided21 Aug

Decided in 64 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Runswick, Midland Road, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4BP. Barnsley has handled 280 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 6 days quicker than Barnsley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Royston Ward. We hold 968 applications in total for the S71 postcode area.

73% of amendment 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 4BP
Application type: Change of Use
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Validated: 18 June 2025
Consultation expiry: 28 July 2025
Consultation end: 28 July 2025
Target decision date: 13 August 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 9

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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© 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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