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27 Pontefract Road, Shafton, Barnsley

2009/1492Tree Preservation Order (TPO)Approved

Approved on 18 January 2010

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Crown reduction and deadwooding of Ash tree (T7), fell Poplar tree (T8) and crown reduction of Sycamore tree (T9) within TPO 14/1999.

Received
23 November 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North East Ward
  1. Received23 Nov
  2. Validated26 Nov
  3. Consult.17 Dec
  4. Target18 Jan
  5. Decided18 Jan

Decided in 53 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a tree application at 27 Pontefract Road, Shafton, Barnsley. Barnsley has handled 239 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 2 weeks quicker than Barnsley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across North East Ward.

92% of trees applications at Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Tree Preservation Order (TPO)
Development type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shafton

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 November 2009
Consultation expiry
17 December 2009
Consultation end
17 December 2009
Last date for comments
17 December 2009
Target decision date
18 January 2010

Planning decision

Statutory period
53 days

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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