1 Melford Close, Staincross, Barnsley, S75 6EF

2025/0779HouseholderApproved

Approved on 10 December 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

Raising of roof to create loft conversion, with rear dormer and velux windows to front.

Received: 5 September 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Darton East

ReceivedReceived5 Sep
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation13 Oct
TargetTarget Date31 Oct
DecidedDecided10 Dec

Decided in 96 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 1 Melford Close, Staincross, Barnsley, S75 6EF. Barnsley has handled 3,131 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 4 weeks longer than Barnsley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Darton East. 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode: S75 6EF
Application type: Householder
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Validated: 5 September 2025
Consultation expiry: 13 October 2025
Consultation end: 13 October 2025
Target decision date: 31 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 7

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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