Dearne Valley Park Bmbc Asset Id A00550, Pontefract Road, Barnsley Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0703 - Full (Regulation 3) Registered Comment Until 24 September 2026 Add Comment

Proposal

Replace the existing footbridges with new footbridges. The new foundations and abutments will be on the existing banks outside the area of the existing abutments with the existing foundations and abutments on both banks retained. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 14 Sept 2026, 02:56

Application progress

✓

Received

1 Sept 2026

✓

Validated

2 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 28 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 24 Oct 2026 and 5 Nov 2026, from Barnsley's recent full applications. Comments are open until 24 Sept 2026.

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Documents

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Site constraints 6

Local nature reserve: Dearne Valley Park

Internationally or nationally protected for its wildlife. A habitats assessment is needed.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

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.

Flood storage area

Land engineered to hold flood water and protect somewhere else.

The Environment Agency will object to anything that reduces the storage.

Priority habitat: Deciduous woodland

A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.

Also on the record

Nature improvement area: Dearne Valley Green Heart; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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: Full (Regulation 3)
Received: 1 Sept 2026
Validated: 2 Sept 2026
Ward: Central Ward
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 28 Oct 2026
Decision level: Under Consideration
Applicant: Show
Agent: BMBC

Decision outlook

Day 13 of the 56-day target. Barnsley usually decides full applications by day 56.

prediction

Day 1343 days to the 56-day target

57%decided within 8 weeks

88%approved

49decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 24 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

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