Albro House, 30 Worsbrough Village, Worsbrough Village, Barnsley, S70 5LS Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0578 - Householder Registered Comment Until 22 October 2026 Add Comment
DemolitionExtensions & alterations

Proposal

Demolition of existing building and the erection of a triple garage to include ancillary accommodation with the roof space Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Jul 2026
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Validated
28 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 23 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 23 Nov 2026, from Barnsley's recent demolitions.

Comments are open until 22 Oct 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 10

Worsbrough conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Heritage at risk: Worsbrough
On the register of historic places assessed as at risk.
A designated building, monument, park or conservation area assessed as at risk from neglect, decay or development. Proposals that secure its future are looked on favourably.
Historic England ↗
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 3. 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.
Local nature reserve about 218 m away: Worsborough Country Park
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Cowhouse With Hayloft Adjoining Right Return of Home Farmhouse, Grade II, about 35 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 3 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Nature improvement area: Dearne Valley Green Heart; Coalfield, development low risk area; SSSI about 419 m away: Dearne Valley Wetlands SSSI.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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.

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Important details

Council
Barnsley
Application type
Householder
Postcode
S70 5LS
Received
16 Jul 2026
Validated
28 Sept 2026
Ward
Worsbrough Ward
Case officer
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Target decision
23 Nov 2026
Decision level
Under Consideration
Applicant
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Agent
White Agus Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 11 of the 56-day target. Barnsley usually decides demolitions by day 56.

Day 1145 days to the 56-day target
63%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
51decided in the last year

Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Barnsley in the last twelve months, from validation. Barnsley decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
22 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Withdrawn
37 Worsbrough Village, Worsbrough Village, Barnsley, S70 5LS
Conversion of integral garage and associated alterations to existing dwelling
2023/1163
2021 Approved
St Marys Church School Room, Worsbrough Road, Worsbrough Village, Barnsley, S70 5LT
Installation of defibrillator on external wall (Listed Building Consent)
2021/0159
2018 Approved
Home Farm, 18 Worsbrough Village, Worsbrough, Barnsley, S70 5LS
Replacement of door (Listed Building Consent).
2018/0172
2018 Withdrawn
Outbuilding at Worsbrough Mill, Park Road, Worsbrough Bridge, Barnsley, S70 5LS
Change of use of outbuilding used for storage (Class B8) to retail outlet (Class A1).
2018/0280
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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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