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Barnsley District General Hospital, Gawber Road, Old Town, Barnsley, S75 2EP

2026/0789Prior Notification - Solar PhotovoltaicsPending Decision
Prior approval

Proposal

Installation of a solar PV carport canopy within the existing car park (Prior Approval)

Received
18 September 2026
Target decision date
13 November 2026
Ward
Old Town Ward
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated18 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Nov
  5. Decided
10 weeks typical decision time in Barnsley94% of applications approved

This is a planning application for a solar installation at Barnsley District General Hospital, Gawber Road, Old Town, Barnsley, S75 2EP. Barnsley has handled 1 application of this type. It was submitted on 18 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Old Town Ward. We hold 1,162 applications in total for the S75 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
2026/0789
Address
Barnsley District General Hospital, Gawber Road, Old Town, Barnsley, S75 2EP
Postcode
S75 2EP
Local Authority
Barnsley
Application Type
Prior Notification - Solar Photovoltaics
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Registered
Ward
Old Town Ward

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
18 September 2026
Target Decision Date
13 November 2026
Date Validated
18 September 2026
Date Submitted
18 September 2026

Planning Decision

Case Officer
Louis Bailey

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
53.559150, -1.499495
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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