PLANNING ROUND-UP: Date set for demolition plan update

AN UPDATE on plans to demolish 30 homes will be given later this year.

Terraces on Co-operative Street and Victoria Street, Goldthorpe, will be flattened and nine new two and three-bedroom council houses will be built in their place as part of a compulsory purchase order.

A council document shows a meeting will take place on November 14 to discuss the project’s progress.

CINEMA giant Cineworld have submitted plans to Barnsley Council to alter the signage on its huge unit. Plans were submitted to the council earlier this months for the 4DX sign on the unit to be reduced in size, and a new PEPSI sign to be erected. A total of four neighbouring properties have been made aware of the plans with no appeals to date. Public consultation ends on October 4.

AN application to make alterations to the front of the YMCA building in the town centre have been approved by the council. Plans were originally submitted to the council’s planning board for work to take place on the Blucher Street building in July. These plans were given the green light earlier this week and work is now set to press ahead.

PLANNING permission is being sought to change the use of a holiday home in Wortley into a residential property. If approved, the work will take place on Hermit Hill Lane. Five neighbouring properties have been made aware of the application with no appeals to date. Public consultation ends on October 3.

PLANNING permission is being sought to add a two-storey extension to the side of a Birdwell property. If approved, work will take place on Worsbrough Road. Six neighbouring properties have been made aware of the plans with no appeals to date. Public consultation ends on October 7.

PLANNING permission is being sought to convert an agricultural building in Cudworth into two new properties. If approved, the work will take place at Manse Farm on Barnsley Road. A total of 28 neighbouring properties have been made aware of the plans with no appeals to date. Public consultation ends on October 7.

PLANS to divide a Cawthorne farmhouse to turn it into two properties have been approved by the council. A planning application for the work to take place at Jowett House Farm, on Bank House Lane, were originally submitted in October. After 11 months of deliberating, the council’s planning board approved these plans last week.

PLANS to convert a Barnsley shop into a studio apartment have been approved by the council. An application was originally submitted in July for the work to take place on Doncaster Road. These plans were given the green light by Barnsley Council’s planning board last week.