Army Reserve Centre, Wakefield Road, Smithies, Barnsley, S71 1NU

2026/0224Tree Preservation Order (TPO)Approved

Approved on 7 July 2026

Council decision: TPO Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

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

Proposal

Undertake works to the group of Poplar trees T2-T30 and T32 as per the written works specification within TPO 36/1974.

Received: 19 March 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: St Helens Ward

ReceivedReceived19 Mar
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation22 May
TargetTarget Date19 Jun
DecidedDecided7 Jul

Decided in 110 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a tree application at Army Reserve Centre, Wakefield Road, Smithies, Barnsley, S71 1NU. Barnsley has handled 239 applications of this type. This one was decided in 110 days, 6 weeks longer than Barnsley's typical decision time. The site is in the Streatham Park conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 2 applications across St Helens Ward. We hold 968 applications in total for the S71 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: S71 1NU
Application type: Tree Preservation Order (TPO)
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Validated: 19 March 2026
Consultation expiry: 22 May 2026
Consultation end: 22 May 2026
Target decision date: 19 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 92 days

Additional information

Documents: 5

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.

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

Source: Barnsley

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