15 sites for new houses in Sheffield - The Star 17/1/13

[WOOFY 10]

Published on Thursday 17 January 2013 09:48

 

FIFTEEN open sites are to be built on in Sheffield, The Star can reveal – including some where the idea sparked public outcry.

 

Almost 900 new homes are planned for land at locations spanning the city.

 

Consultation was carried out last year about plans to earmark 18 areas for homes over the next 13 years.

 

A confidential report leaked to The Star reveals 15 sites now set to go ahead – including several green spaces, and controversial schemes which sparked backlashes from residents.

 

Three proposed sites, two in Crookes and one in Tinsley, have been withdrawn, and three others are to have fewer homes than suggested.

 

The report is set to be approved by Sheffield Council’s cabinet next month, but will then need the backing of full council and Government.

 

If sanctioned, the most new homes will be built in Woodhouse, where 370 properties are planned for three locations. The plans are unchanged from their first draft, despite 94 objections.

 

In Worrall, 55 new homes are planned at two sites. Numbers have been scaled back from 80 after a protest sparked 103 objections and a petition.

 

Mary Cooke, who chairs Worrall Community Association, said: “There’s going to be disappointment and anger. Although the number has been reduced, there will need to be an expansion of schools and facilities to cope.”

 

In Norton Woodseats, 80 homes are to be built on three sites although 85 people objected.

 

In Fulwood, 15 homes will be built on Canterbury Crescent, despite 31 objections.

 

In Oughtibridge, 40 homes are to be built although 27 people objected, and in Stocksbridge 50 homes will go up despite 34 objections.

 

Twenty homes are earmarked for a former sports ground at Stannington, despite just as many objections, and in Middlewood 80 houses will be built on the former Gilders car showroom. Only one objection was received.

 

In Darnall, 171 new homes are planned, at two sites on Infield Lane and Darnall Road. The proposal has been scaled back from 180 - though neither scheme attracted objections.

 

Council planning officers propose removing three sites from the list - the former sports ground on Bawtry Road, Tinsley, and two reservoirs at Crookes. In total the three attracted 75 objections.

 

The sports ground, on which 95 homes could have been built, has been withdrawn due to ‘a shortage of open space’, ecological concerns and flooding worries, and because 63 separate parties own the site through a land banking company.

 

Neil Parry, of Sheffield East End Quality of Life Initiative, said: “It’s good news. The land is an interesting green space with ponds, and we don’t have much open space.

 

“There would have been problems with extra traffic, and residents would have suffered noise and poor air quality from the M1.”

 

Hadfield and Lydgate reservoirs in Crookes, where 60 homes were proposed, are no longer available - Yorkshire Water wants to keep them in use.

[geared 318]

Need some kind of development in the city.

 

You can't just stop building houses and think it'll be alrite.

Sure there's houses out there that need renovation, but alot of people don't want to get involved in that - either they don't have the cash, time or knowledge to buy and renovate a place.

[qazitory 10]

In Darnall, 171 new homes are planned, at two sites on Infield Lane and Darnall Road. The proposal has been scaled back from 180 - though neither scheme attracted objections.

 

Hmmm I objected to the Darnall site....

[WeX 10]

Its a dam shame the council didn't have the brains to allow the former owner of the ski village to build the indoor ski slope and the houses he wanted years ago.

[Areffty 10]

Why don't they use the open spaces alongside Prince of Wales Road, and alongside Harborough Avenue, where there used to be council houses?

[cosywolf 10]

Why don't they use the open spaces alongside Prince of Wales Road, and alongside Harborough Avenue, where there used to be council houses?

 

We asked that at the time. They said they were only considering areas they felt would be appealing to developers, so sites where housing has come down in less appealing areas would not be considered.

 

We objected at Norton because there is no capacity left in local schools. Where on earth are they going to educate the children from these 'family' houses?

[mary70 10]

does anyone have any idea where the house sites are in woodhouse?

[gym_rat 10]

We asked that at the time. They said they were only considering areas they felt would be appealing to developers, so sites where housing has come down in less appealing areas would not be considered.

 

We objected at Norton because there is no capacity left in local schools. Where on earth are they going to educate the children from these 'family' houses?

 

is that no capacity today, or an estimate of no capacity at some point in the future?

[dongle 10]

They must have knocked down hundreds of houses on parson cross and foxhill, strange they aren't building on there

[Ms Macbeth 75]

They must have knocked down hundreds of houses on parson cross and foxhill, strange they aren't building on there

 

Sheffield Housing Company are going to build there, as well as other sites where social housing has been demolished. Lots of info on Sheffield Council website: https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/in-your-area/regeneration/sheffield-housing-company.html

 

It appears that only a few of the 2300 new homes will be for rent.

[Vague_Boy 10]

They must have knocked down hundreds of houses on parson cross and foxhill, strange they aren't building on there

 

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They said they were only considering areas they felt would be appealing to developers, so sites where housing has come down in less appealing areas would not be considered.

[Penistone999 10]

The council should NOT be allowed to build council houses on Green field sites in rural villages. People who own houses and live in rural areas do so because they want peace and Quiet, a rural lifestyle, and lovley countryside views. They do NOT want to look out of their window and see council houses . Property values in rural areas will suffer when council houses are built in these areas.