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Unit A, Priory Arms Rotherham Road, Cundy Cross, Barnsley, S71 5RF

2026/0168Change of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 7 May 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use and conversion of part of a sales/display area (Use Class E) to create 1no. residential unit (Use Class C3)

Received
2 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Monk Bretton Ward
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.16 Apr
  4. Target15 May
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 66 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Unit A, Priory Arms Rotherham Road, Cundy Cross, Barnsley, S71 5RF. Barnsley has handled 280 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 4 days quicker than Barnsley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Monk Bretton 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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Why it was refused

  1. In the opinion of the local planning authority, the proposed residential unit would not achieve reasonable access to natural light or outlook levels. The proposed residential unit would look out onto an unkept bin store area which is undesirable and would be unpleasant for any potential future occupant(s) and would not ensure safe and healthy living conditions contrary to NPPF paragraph 124 and Local Plan Policy GD1.
  2. In the opinion of the local planning authority, this application is supported by insufficient accurate and precise information to enable accurate consideration of potential highways impacts contrary to NPPF paragraph 116 and Local Plan Policies T3 and T4. PO Box 634, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S70 9GG 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
S71 5RF
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Validated
2 March 2026
Consultation expiry
16 April 2026
Consultation end
16 April 2026
Target decision date
15 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
74 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.

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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