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Land at Spicer Hill, Whitley Road, Whitley Common, Ingbirchworth, Sheffield

2026/0608Variation of Condition(s)Pending Decision
Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Variation of condition 3 in order to allow for the decommissioning of the wind farm to take place up to 40 years from the date of commissioning (from 25 years), of application 2009/0572 (Erection of 3 no. wind turbines (maximum of 95m to blade tip) and associated infrastructure including transformers, access tracks, control building, underground cabling, 1 no. meteorological mast, formation of new site access from Whitley Road and temporary construction compound)

Received
17 August 2026
Target decision date
16 November 2026
Ward
Penistone West Ward
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received17 Aug
  2. Validated17 Aug
  3. Consult.14 Sep
  4. Target16 Nov
  5. Decided
10 weeks typical decision time in Barnsley94% of applications approved

This is a planning application for a new dwelling at Land at Spicer Hill, Whitley Road, Whitley Common, Ingbirchworth, Sheffield. Barnsley has handled 9 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. It was submitted on 17 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Penistone West Ward. We hold 441 applications in total for the S36 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
2026/0608
Address
Land at Spicer Hill, Whitley Road, Whitley Common, Ingbirchworth, Sheffield
Postcode
S36 9XY
Local Authority
Barnsley
Application Type
Variation of Condition(s)
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Registered
Ward
Penistone West Ward
Parish
Dunford Parish, Gunthwaite and Ingbirchworth

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
24 July 2026
Target Decision Date
16 November 2026
Date Validated
17 August 2026
Date Submitted
17 August 2026
Consultation End
14 September 2026

Planning Decision

Case Officer
Laura Bennett

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
53.549680, -1.665180
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Barnsley

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: IngbirchworthPart of the site
  • Green belt: Barnsley

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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© 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.

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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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The site is in flood zone 3 (Environment Agency).

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