A CAR wash’s future will be decided after Barnsley Council’s planning board carried out a site visit on Tuesday.

The business, on Pontefract Road, was handed an 18-month licence to operate - which came to an end in November - but now the owner has applied for permanent consent.

The application, which was submitted last spring, is yet to go before the council’s planning board but Coun Roy Miller, cabinet spokesman, told the Chronicle that the situation will be assessed following the site visit.

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