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27 Pontefract Road, Shafton, Barnsley, S72 8QP

2022/0920Tree Preservation Order (TPO)Approved

Approved on 13 January 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Crown lift Sycamore trees T1-T4 to 5m with no pruning wounds to exceed 20cm in diameter within TPO 14/1999.

Received
6 September 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North East Ward
  1. Received6 Sep
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.18 Nov
  4. Target1 Nov
  5. Decided13 Jan

Decided in 129 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a tree application at 27 Pontefract Road, Shafton, Barnsley, S72 8QP. Barnsley has handled 239 applications of this type. This one was decided in 129 days, 8 weeks longer than Barnsley's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across North East Ward. We hold 985 applications in total for the S72 postcode area.

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

Postcode
S72 8QP
Application type
Tree Preservation Order (TPO)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shafton

Planning application dates

Validated
6 September 2022
Consultation expiry
18 November 2022
Consultation end
18 November 2022
Target decision date
1 November 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
4

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.

Source: Barnsley

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