The Neighbourhood Plan & Facilities




A Neighbourhood Plan for Tankersley

The Parish Council has started the formal process of developing a Neighbourhood Plan. The Neighbourhood Plan will be led by the Neighbourhood Plan Working Group. This Group is made up of 2 Parish Councillors, Representatives from key community organisations and parish residents.
A newsletter was delivered to all parish households from the end of January 2023. The newsletter provided residents with more information about the work the Neighbourhood Plan Working Group intends to do and explained how more residents could be involved.
An electronic version of the Newsletter is below

A Neighbourhood Plan Newsletter v3

Have Your Say

The Newsletter gave details of a Drop In Session to be held on Sunday 12 February 2023 from 10.00 am to 11,30 am. Enclosed within the Newsletter was the Have Your Say Form which invited residents  to put forward their ideas and views  about what the Working Group should be looking at. 
A downloadable version of the  Have Your Say form is below.

HAVE YOUR SAY

Meeting of Working Group 16 March 2023

The Working Group met on Thursday 16 March.
The minutes of the meeting held on 12 February 2023 were agreed and signed by the Chair. A redacted copy of the minutes is below.

https://www.tankersleypc.org/wp-content/uploads/Neighbourhood-Plan-WG-Signed-Minutes-12-Feb-23.pdf

 The Working Group discussed a timetable for the sub-groups to complete their research and to have completed their written recommendations for inclusion in the draft Neighbourhood Plan. Suggestions for what each sub-group should look at were considered and agreed.

Drop In Session and Meeting of Working Group                 12 February 2023

At the Drop in Session a suggestion box was available for residents to “post” their Have Your Say forms and any other ideas and suggestions of what they Working Group should be looking at.
The results are still being processed.
At 11.30 am the Working Group met. A number of residents who had attended the Drop in Session joined the Working Group.
The Working Group elected a Chair and Vice Chair.
The Minutes of the inaugural meeting held on 13 December 2022 were considered and agreed to be a true and accurate record. The Chair of the Working Group then signed the Minutes
A redacted copy of the signed Minutes is below

Neighbourhood Plan WG Signed Minutes – 13 Dec 22

Footpaths

Although the Parish Council does not have any legal duty or responsibility to maintain the footpaths throughout the Parish, there are some beautiful walks and trails in the Parish for residents and visitors to the Parish to enjoy.
Although the Parish Council does not have any legal duty or responsibility to maintain the footpaths throughout the Parish, there are some beautiful walks and trails in the Parish for residents and visitors to the Parish to enjoy.

Pilley Pocket Park

Pilley Pocket Park is maintained by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council.
Within Pilley Pocket Park are tennis courts, table tennis, a MUGA and the Parish Council’s beacon. It is the venue for the annual bonfire and many summer events.

Jubilee Park

Jubilee Park is maintained by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. The Park is located across the road from St Peter’s Primary School on Westwood New Road in Tankersley.
Although small it contains the Tankersley Centenary War Memorial Bench. This bench was designed by a pupil at St Peter’s Primary School in 2018.

The Plantation and Woodland

The Parish Council owns Broad Ings Wood. Broad Ings Wood and nearby Potters Hole are lovely woods within walking distance of Tankersely and Pilley.
Potters Hole Plantation has been declared as a local nature reserve by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and is managed by Parks Services. It is semi-ancient woodland that has been developed in and around old bell pits plus newer planted woodland on a reclaimed colliery site.