SIX flats are being demolished on Market Street, Hoyland, to make way for five terrace houses.

Plans to scrap the flats were approved back in 2010 but work has just got underway.

A Barnsley Council spokeswoman said planning permission had now expired. She said: "The applicant will have to resubmit a planning application. The demolition works are still acceptable."

The applicant is working through Barnsley-based Hylo Design but the firm could not be contacted this week.