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Methodist Church Main Street South Hiendley Barnsley S72 9BP

11/01335/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 22 September 2011

Council decision: Application ApprovedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use of Methodist Church and its grounds to a leisure and recreational activity centre for children and young people with ancillary offices, external landscaping, regrading some of the site and surfacing of areas for sports/outdoor use

Received
1 July 2011
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
4
Ward
Hemsworth
  1. Received1 Jul
  2. Validated18 Jul
  3. Consult.24 Aug
  4. Target12 Sep
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Methodist Church Main Street South Hiendley Barnsley S72 9BP. Wakefield has handled 3,739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Hemsworth. We hold 985 applications in total for the S72 postcode area.

94% of full applications at Wakefield Metropolitan District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
S72 9BP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
South Hiendley

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 July 2011
Consultation expiry
24 August 2011
Consultation start
3 August 2011
Consultation end
24 August 2011
Neighbour consultation start
25 July 2011
Neighbour consultation end
15 August 2011
Last date for comments
24 August 2011
Target decision date
12 September 2011
Committee meeting
22 September 2011
Decision issued
29 September 2011
Permission expires
29 September 2014

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
29 July 2011
Site notice end
19 August 2011

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01538834
Documents
20

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: conservation areas and Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Associated applications

  1. 2012
    10 Jan

    Discharge of conditions 8, 10 & 11 from application 11/01335/FUL

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions11/01335/SUB01
  2. 2011
    1 Jul

    Change of use of Methodist Church and its grounds to a leisure and recreational activity centre for children…

    This applicationApprovedFull11/01335/FUL

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