Toad Hole Farm, Thurgoland Hall Lane, Thurgoland, Sheffield, S35 7BB Data via plota.co.uk

Under Consideration 2026/0826
Utility infrastructure
Council
Barnsley 4.1/10
Date received
17 Sept 2026
Postcode
S35 7BB

Description

Overhead Line Planning Exemption Data via plota.co.uk

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Decision outlook

Plota predicts a decision between 12 Nov 2026 and 21 Nov 2026, from Barnsley's recent full applications.

Day 22 of the 56-day target. Barnsley usually decides full applications by day 56.

Day 2234 days to the 56-day target
51%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
84decided in the last year

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Site constraints 6

Green belt: South and West Yorkshire
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Public footpath about 20 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Recorded mine shaft about 43 m from the postcode pin; Radon affected area, class 2.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 8 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Nearby new applications

17 Sept 2026Pending

Land off Hollin Moor Lane, Thurgoland, Sheffield

Overhead Line Planning Exemption

2026/0823

Historical activity at this location

7 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Toad Hill Farm, Thurgoland Hall Lane, Thurgoland, Sheffield, S35 7BB
Erection of agricultural building to incorporate a milking parlour, dairy and farm office…
2025/0824
2024 Approved
Cayenne House, Sim Hill, Hand Lane, Crane Moor, Sheffield, S35 7BB
Proposed two storey extension to side/rear, widening of access to gate, demolition of exi…
2024/0748
2022 Approved
Toad Hall Farm, Thurgoland Hall Lane, Thurgoland, Sheffield, S35 7BB
Proposed silage clamp and corn store (Agricultural Barn) (Prior Approval Required Agricul…
2022/1233
2022 Approved
Toad Hall Farm, Thurgoland Hall Lane, Thurgoland, Sheffield, S35 7BB
Erection of silage clamp
2022/0644
2022 Approved
Toad Hall Farm, Thurgoland Hall Lane, Thurgoland, Sheffield, S35 7BB
Proposed silage clamp and corn store (Agricultural Barn) (Prior Approval Agricultural)
2022/0713
2022 Withdrawn
Toad Hall Farm, Thurgoland Hall Lane, Thurgoland, Sheffield, S35 7BB
Installation of silage clamp and erection of corn store (Prior Approval Agricultural)
2022/0105
2016 Approved
Land to North of Hollin Moor Lane, Thurgoland, Sheffield, S35 7BB
Erection of agricultural building to store forage and machinery (Prior Notification)
2016/0591
Barnsley
Planning Authority Score
4.1/10
Below average
#189 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Barnsley is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #252 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
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Barnsley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #74 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #98 of 296
45%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #252 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #174 of 296
97%
Minor dwellings approved
76 decided (1-9 homes)
83%
Major dwellings approved
12 decided (10+ homes)
80%
Change of use approved
54 decided
673
Total decisions
53 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings