8 Regent Street, Barnsley, S70 2EJ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Subdivision and change of use of the building to provide a ground floor office and laundrette, with four studio apartments at first and second floor level, together with associated internal alterations, fire and acoustic separation works, internal bin storage, basement storage, revised access/frontage arrangements and associated works (Retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 15 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 15 Sept 2026
Site constraints 5
Show all 21 with distances
- 13 m8 AND 10, REGENT STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 25 m5 and 7, Regent StreetGrade II
- 26 mThe Old Post Office (Between Numbers 3 and 5)Grade II
- 31 m9, Regent StreetGrade II
- 40 mThe Old CourthouseGrade II
- 42 mK6 Telephone Kiosk outside numbers 19-21 (Barnsley Building Society)Grade II
- 44 m23, Church StreetGrade II
- 46 mK6 Telephone Kiosk Outside Number 13 (Royal Bank of Scotland)Grade II
- 60 mBarnsley War MemorialGrade II*
- 70 mPiers and Railings to Front of Town Hall Including StepsGrade II
- 70 mThe White BearGrade II
- 71 m13 and 15, Regent StreetGrade II
- 73 m14 and 16, Regent StreetGrade II
- 92 m17 21 and 23, Regent StreetGrade II
- 99 mWarehouse Building at East EndGrade II
- 102 mTown Hall Including Attached RailingsGrade II
- 109 m12 and 14, Market HillGrade II
- 115 m16, Market HillGrade II
- 125 mGatepiers and Walls to Church Yard of Church of St MaryGrade II
- 135 m41-43 Church Street, Barnsley, South YorkshireGrade II
- 141 mThe Civic Hall, including 44a, 46, 48, 52, 54 and 56 Eldon StreetGrade II
Checked on 6 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.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £145,000 in March 1999. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
How this decision compares
Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Approved, as 82% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Barnsley in the last twelve months, from validation. Barnsley decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 25 Aug 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
27 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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