Unit 20, Goldthorpe Industrial Estate Commercial Road, Goldthorpe, Rotherham, S63 9BL

2026/0617FullApproved

Approved on 16 October 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions3 conditions

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

Proposal

Erection of welding and metallurgy research centre

Received: 30 July 2026
Council: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Dearne South Ward

ReceivedReceived30 Jul
ValidatedValidated30 Jul
Consult.Consultation31 Aug
TargetTarget Date24 Sep
DecidedDecided16 Oct

Decided in 78 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Unit 20, Goldthorpe Industrial Estate Commercial Road, Goldthorpe, Rotherham, S63 9BL. Barnsley has handled 3,131 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 8 days longer than Barnsley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across Dearne South Ward. We hold 86 applications in total for the S63 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: S63 9BL
Application type: Full

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 July 2026
Consultation end: 31 August 2026
Target decision date: 24 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Daniel Hood

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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Barnsley

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