Rag Lane, Thurgoland, S35

Site Introduction

The site extends to 5.94 Acres (2.4Ha), is currently in agricultural use and sits at the Western fringe of Thurgoland with frontage onto the A629. The site slopes gently from North to South and West to East.

Thurgoland is an attractive and well-regarded village located within the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley. The village is situated 7km Southwest of Barnsley and 15km Northwest of Sheffield (Appendix 2). The A629 runs through the village and provides a link to the wider road network , along with regular bus services to Barnsley, Penistone, Stocksbridge and Sheffield. Thurgoland benefits from a good range of amenities, such as a Doctors surgery, Primary school and a number of Public houses.

Opportunity:

In light of the recent marketing we carried out seeking a promotional partner, it has become clear that the majority of the interest was for an immediate planning application under the new Grey Belt rules as opposed to Local Plan promotion. To this end we have carried out a little technical due diligence to help prospective purchasers inform any appraisal of the site and are now seeking Conditional on Planning offers based on a Grey Belt application.

AvailableTechnical Information:

Topographic Survey
FRA/ Drainage Strategy
Highways Assessment

Please contact the selling agents for copies of this information.

Tender Process

We would ask all proposals to be received in writing at the office of the selling agent by noon Thursday 2nd April 2026. We will consider electronic copies provided the hard copies follow on in the post. Any proposal should contain details of the scheme (number and mix of units), coverage (saleable area), net and gross developable areas and also some assumptions of likely abnormal development costs. We would expect you to be able to accurately plot the units, get a feel for the extent of any groundworks, and cost the drainage for the site from the technical information we have available.

Furthermore, we would ask that you notify us if you are currently running any Grey Belt applications with BMBC, detailing what it is and where it is, so we can gauge whether we think it represents a conflict of interest or otherwise. Also some track record of this type of application would also be appreciated.