Public Hearing Dates Set For Sheffield's Local Plan

[SheffieldForum 948]

 

The future of Sheffield’s Local Plan and how it will shape the city over the next 15-20 years has progressed following the announcement of the dates for three public hearing sessions.

 

The Draft Local Plan was endorsed at a meeting of the full council on Wednesday 6 September 2023 following two rounds of public consultation on the proposals. It was then submitted to the Government’s Planning Inspectorate for them to assess the proposal through a series of public hearings.

 

Those hearings will now take place from Tuesday 25th June within Sheffield Town Hall. The opening, stage one, hearing will consider the duty to co-operate, legal compliance and strategic matters.

 

Stage two hearings are due to begin on Tuesday 24th September and will consider viability, site-specific policies, site allocations and housing supply. Stage three hearings will then begin on Tuesday 5th November and will look at development management policies. Stage two and three hearings will be held within Sheffield Town Hall and Howden House.

 

Members of the public who commented on the draft Plan in 2023 will be able to take part in the sessions either in person or by submitting written statements. The deadlines for those submissions can be found on the Local Plan Services website.

 

The Inspector’s preliminary report is expected to be received by the council in early 2025 and there will be a further round of public consultation on any modifications recommended by the Inspectors before their report is finalised. It is expected that the plan could be adopted in spring 2025.

 

What is the Local Plan?

 

The Sheffield Local Plan sets out the framework that will guide the future of the city and where development can take place up to 2039. The Council’s vision is for Sheffield to be an economically stronger, fairer, more inclusive and sustainable city with thriving neighbourhoods and a distinct urban and rural identify.

 

The plan focuses on elements such as:

 

• Neighbourhoods– Creating secure and connected neighbourhoods across the city with thriving district and local centres.
• Climate – Improving standards for new development to help realise our 2030 net zero ambitions.
• Housing– Identifying priority areas for development, 35,530 homes to be built, including providing affordable homes where they are needed.
• Employment – Creating 43,000 new jobs and developing homes within easy reach of employment areas. 
• Green spaces– Green Belt land and valuable green spaces are to be protected.
• Development - Allocating land for development allows the Council, utility companies and other service providers to plan new infrastructure more effectively. 
• Transport – Creation of calmer, people friendly neighbourhoods, reducing congestion where possible and improving active travel routes.

[Anna B 1,417]

Thanks for that.

However those bullit points mean absolutely nothing

[SheffieldForum 948]

14 minutes ago, Anna B said:

Thanks for that.

However those bullit points mean absolutely nothing

The Local Plan itself is HUGE, so in that context the broad bullet-points make a  little sense.

 

You can take a look at the links down the right side of this page from the previous consultation: https://haveyoursay.sheffield.gov.uk/draft-local-plan

 

 

[geared 321]

@Anna B is right the bullet points mean nothing, without significant funding.

 

Otherwise all we'll end up with is a few extra pedestrianised roads (in the leafy part of town no doubt) and a ton of extra traffic and congestion for the rest of us to enjoy.

[iansheff 88]

58 minutes ago, geared said:

@Anna B is right the bullet points mean nothing, without significant funding.

 

Otherwise all we'll end up with is a few extra pedestrianised roads (in the leafy part of town no doubt) and a ton of extra traffic and congestion for the rest of us to enjoy.

Plus all those extra emissions created by sending motorists a greater distance to get from A to B.

Edited March 11 by iansheff

[spilldig 190]

It makes absolutely no difference what we say or think.

[Planner1 438]

On 11/03/2024 at 11:13, Anna B said:

Thanks for that.

However those bullit points mean absolutely nothing

The local plan is the overall spatial planning policy for the city.

 

Essentially it’s what tells developers what they can build and where. Planning applications will be judged on their fit with the policies it contains.

 

It is necessarily pitched at “high level” and deals with broader principles rather than specifics, so it is understandably difficult to get the average person to engage with it. It’s generally of more relevance to developers and interest groups, but it is a very important piece of policy which affects how the city will develop in the next 15 to 20 years, so it’s worth the effort to see what’s being proposed.
 

They do make every effort to consult people and every response received in the consultations is responded to in the documentation.

 

It has been through public consultation and will now be examined by a planning inspector in public sessions.

[ECCOnoob 1,051]

Did anyone actually make comments and engage during the public proposals? 

 

Is anyone going to be attending the public hearings to raise questions or submissions?

 

.....or are they just going to do nothing and then sit whinging and crying about it all on here. 

 

Waaaa why don't the public ever get a say.

Waaaa why don't they do what the taxpayers ever want 

Waaaa it's not real democracy.

 

 

[Irene Swaine 1,072]

On 11/03/2024 at 11:01, SheffieldForum said:

• Neighbourhoods– Creating secure and connected neighbourhoods across the city with thriving district and local centres.
• Climate – Improving standards for new development to help realise our 2030 net zero ambitions.
• Housing– Identifying priority areas for development, 35,530 homes to be built, including providing affordable homes where they are needed.
• Employment – Creating 43,000 new jobs and developing homes within easy reach of employment areas. 
• Green spaces– Green Belt land and valuable green spaces are to be protected.
• Development - Allocating land for development allows the Council, utility companies and other service providers to plan new infrastructure more effectively. 
• Transport – Creation of calmer, people friendly neighbourhoods, reducing congestion where possible and improving active travel routes.

Neighbourhoods:- Every neighbourhood should have a shopping precinct within a reasonable walking distance. Community hubs and youth centres would be good, and space for knit and natter groups, darts clubs etc. Only approve housing developments that will make getting on the property ladder affordable for the next generation. Use bollards to stop cars driving up on pavements, to make them clear for pedestrians to use at all times.

 

Climate:- Climate change is a con. We should stop wasting our time and resources on it.

 

Housing:- Work with contractors to create affordable houses for the next generation. Work with bus operators to ensure all estates both private and council have a bus service within reasonable distance.

 

Employment:- Work with big employers such as the new Radisson hotel to go to colleges and reach out to students face to face and offer advice on how to sit interviews in their chosen career path. 

 

Green Spaces:- Stop approving more and more "luxury apartment" developments and stop leasing Hillsborough Park to a private music festival company to make a quick buck. Public spaces should remain public.

 

Development:- Be careful about signing off tower block complexes. Replace the demolished flats on Park Grange with new council houses, built to a high standard.

 

Transport:- Stop with this active travel nonsense. Introduce more green man pedestrian crossings. Ensure the pavements are protected from invasion of cars and bicycles. Utilise existing interchanges as transport hubs. For example, incentivise the bus operators to use places like Manor Top Interchange and publicise the possible destinations from said interchange e.g. Meadowhall, Manor Park Centre, Royal Hallamshire Hospital. Ensure that the timetables that the bus companies are paying you to print are being printed and handed out to customers. Ensure that every bus stop has a timetable displayed. 

[Planner1 438]

6 hours ago, Irene Swaine said:

Neighbourhoods:- Every neighbourhood should have a shopping precinct within a reasonable walking distance. Community hubs and youth centres would be good, and space for knit and natter groups, darts clubs etc. Only approve housing developments that will make getting on the property ladder affordable for the next generation. Use bollards to stop cars driving up on pavements, to make them clear for pedestrians to use at all times.

 

Climate:- Climate change is a con. We should stop wasting our time and resources on it.

 

Housing:- Work with contractors to create affordable houses for the next generation. Work with bus operators to ensure all estates both private and council have a bus service within reasonable distance.

 

Employment:- Work with big employers such as the new Radisson hotel to go to colleges and reach out to students face to face and offer advice on how to sit interviews in their chosen career path. 

 

Green Spaces:- Stop approving more and more "luxury apartment" developments and stop leasing Hillsborough Park to a private music festival company to make a quick buck. Public spaces should remain public.

 

Development:- Be careful about signing off tower block complexes. Replace the demolished flats on Park Grange with new council houses, built to a high standard.

 

Transport:- Stop with this active travel nonsense. Introduce more green man pedestrian crossings. Ensure the pavements are protected from invasion of cars and bicycles. Utilise existing interchanges as transport hubs. For example, incentivise the bus operators to use places like Manor Top Interchange and publicise the possible destinations from said interchange e.g. Meadowhall, Manor Park Centre, Royal Hallamshire Hospital. Ensure that the timetables that the bus companies are paying you to print are being printed and handed out to customers. Ensure that every bus stop has a timetable displayed. 

It’s well and good giving your opinions, but the time to do that was during the extensive consultations on the Local Plan.

 

Also you should perhaps think about what you are wanting and firstly identify who is responsible for it and whether it’s included in the plan you are talking about. 

 

You clearly don’t understand the difference between Sheffield Council and the MCA, although it’s been explained numerous times. 
 

Sheffield council is not responsible for printing bus timetables, or transport interchanges and bus stops. 
 

Sheffield council do not have the powers to enforce on pavement parking, like myself and others have told you numerous times. 
 

You say stop this active travel “nonsense” then ask for more controlled crossings, which is of course part of that “nonsense”. 
 

Having events in parks is not part of a strategic spatial plan. 
 

Neither is private sector organisations giving careers advice. 
 

 

[Irene Swaine 1,072]

4 hours ago, Planner1 said:

Sheffield council do not have the powers to enforce on pavement parking, like myself and others have told you numerous times. 

They have the powers to erect bollards.

 

4 hours ago, Planner1 said:

Neither is private sector organisations giving careers advice. 
 

 

We did many case studies on private sector organisations when I studied business.

[RollingJ 2,057]

10 minutes ago, Irene Swaine said:

They have the powers to erect bollards.

 

We did many case studies on private sector organisations when I studied business.

Which impede pedestrians.