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16 Tollgate Close, Shafton, Barnsley, S72 8QX

2026/0293HouseholderApproved

Approved on 21 July 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

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

Proposal

Installation of new raised driveway access, dropped kerb and alterations to access the entrance area of dwelling.

Received
13 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North East Ward
  1. Received13 Apr
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.30 Jun
  4. Target22 Jun
  5. Decided21 Jul

Decided in 99 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 16 Tollgate Close, Shafton, Barnsley, S72 8QX. Barnsley has handled 3,131 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 4 weeks longer than Barnsley's typical decision time. The site is in the Nightingale Lane conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across North East Ward. 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 8QX
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Shafton

Planning application dates

Validated
13 April 2026
Consultation expiry
30 June 2026
Consultation end
30 June 2026
Target decision date
22 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
70 days

Appeal history

6011283
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 23 September 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
10

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    31 Jul

    Single storey rear extension to 2 storey semi-detached dwelling

    ApprovedHouseholder2024/0680

Source: Barnsley

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