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56 Sheffield Road, Barnsley, S70 1HS

2026/0711Certificate of Lawfulness - ExistingPermitted
Lawful development certificate

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for partial rebuilding of the fire-damaged property (existing development)

Received
7 September 2026
Decided
2 October 2026 · Lawful Development Certificate - Granted
Ward
Central Ward
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received7 Sep
  2. Validated7 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Nov
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 25 days (council typically 70)

10 weeks typical decision time in Barnsley94% of applications approved

This is a planning application at 56 Sheffield Road, Barnsley, S70 1HS. Barnsley has handled 3 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 16 days. This one was decided in 25 days, 9 days longer than Barnsley's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Central Ward. We hold 237 applications in total for the S70 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
2026/0711
Address
56 Sheffield Road, Barnsley, S70 1HS
Postcode
S70 1HS
Local Authority
Barnsley
Application Type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Final Decision
Ward
Central Ward

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
25 August 2026
Target Decision Date
2 November 2026
Date Decided
2 October 2026
Date Validated
7 September 2026
Date Submitted
7 September 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Lawful Development Certificate - Granted
Case Officer
Rachael Roddis

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
53.549430, -1.475551
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 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 2026-10-09. 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.

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