Land West of Millstones, Oxspring, Penistone, S36 8WF Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Development of six residential dwellings with landscaping and associated infrastructure Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 30 Jul 2025 · Planning Regulatory Board · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Barnsley Planning Regulatory Board on 29 Jul 2025.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the site was considered grey belt and other planning harms could be addressed through conditions.
- Residents and the parish council raised concerns about Green Belt harm, ecology, flooding, traffic, character and neighbouring amenity.
- The committee approved the application in accordance with the officer recommendation, adding a condition about a construction method statement.
Source: Plota analysis of Barnsley's committee minutes of 29 Jul 2025.
Site constraints 7
Checked on 15 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
- Full
- Postcode
- S36 8WF
- Received
- 31 Mar 2025
- Validated
- 3 Apr 2025
- Ward
- Penistone East Ward
- Parish
- Oxspring
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 29 May 2025
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Decision date
- 30 Jul 2025
- Decision level
- Planning Regulatory Board
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- PB Planning Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 118 days from validation, 44 days slower than Barnsley's median of 74 for full applications. Approved, as 88% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Barnsley in the last twelve months, from validation. Barnsley decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 23 May 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
7 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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%).
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