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The Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley was initially a district-level authority, with South Yorkshire County Council providing county-level services. However, the metropolitan county councils, including South Yorkshire County Council, were abolished in 1986 under the Local Government Act 1985 .
The county borough of Barnsley had been self-governing, whereas the other 13 districts were all lower-tier authorities where county-level services were provided by West Riding County Council. From its creation in 1974 until 1986, the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley was a district-level authority, with county-level services provided by South ...
In 2002, Barnsley Council and partners launched a consultation, "Rethinking Barnsley". It led to a regeneration programme centred on the town centre which is still underway. [ 25 ] Developments included the transport interchange, a cultural centre in the old Civic Hall, a Digital Media Centre [ 26 ] (opened August 2007), and new offices and ...
After being vacated by the Barnsley Council in 2007, [8] the windows were lit up in various colours as a canvas for a large-scale public artwork in 2009. [9] As part of a regeneration strategy to enhance the town centre, [10] the building was demolished in November 2015 [11] [12] to make way for a temporary home for Barnsley Indoor Markets. [13]
Until 16 September 2021, the statutory name of the combined authority was the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority [1] (though it was never branded as such). Between April 2014 and May 2018, the combined authority was branded as the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority , and between May 2018 and September 2021 as ...
A £6.7m government fund for pothole repairs in South Yorkshire will not be used to repair roads in Sheffield because the council has a contract with a private firm. On Friday, government ...
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. One third of the council is elected each year, except for every fourth year when there is no election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, councillors are elected from 21 wards. [1]
The council elected a large number of Barnsley Independent Group councillors in the 2006 election, whose numbers had fallen in subsequent elections until its dissolution as a party in 2023. Councillors who will be seeking re-election were most recently elected in the 2021 election , which was originally scheduled to be held in 2020 but was ...