Local residents gave a cautious welcome to plans agreed by Sheffield City Council’s planning board for the site of the former Abbeydale Grange School. The plans approved by the planning board today, grant permission to build new homes on the site of the demolished school and the old Bannerdale Education Centre, but protect vital green [...]
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Historic shift as Labour Council votes to concrete over controversial green fields
Labour councillors on Sheffield City Council voted today to condemn a number of green sites across to be concreted over and developed for housing. The plan to allocate sites for housing was agreed at today’s Full Council meeting, despite strong opposition across the city. One controversial site was Canterbury Crescent in Fulwood, which has now [...]
Clegg backing residents to protect green space
Today Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrat Sheffield Hallam MP, has called on Sheffield City Council to drop any plans to develop on Abbeydale Playing Fields. Following the closure of Abbeydale Grange School, Sheffield City Council is consulting on options for the future of the site. One option includes building upon the green space which includes sports [...]
Fulwood campaigners to oppose proposed housing allocation at crucial council vote
Campaigners in Fulwood have vowed to continue campaigning against plans to allocate local green land for housing, as a crucial Council vote looms next week. Local councillors have vowed to vote against the allocation of green land on Canterbury Crescent in Fulwood for up to fifteen proposed houses. Local campaigners fear the houses will increase [...]
Oughtibridge residents back calls to save green land
Residents in Oughtibridge and Stocksbridge have swung behind a campaign to save green spaces in the north of Sheffield from proposed new housing. Under plans set to be agreed by the Labour Cabinet this week, two sites in Stocksbridge and Oughtibridge will be earmarked for housing. Land at Hawthorne Avenue Coppice Close in Stocksbridge will [...]
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Local Elections 2012
