Many Sheffield residents have accused the Sheffield City Council (SCC) Local Plan of not being thorough enough with their allocation of unused urban land.
One of these residents includes Pierre Laubscher who said: “Not including all potential Brownfield sites that could be unlocked before assessing Green Belt requirements is a disgrace”.
In response the SCC said: “We fully accept that some residents do disagree strongly.
“However, the Local Plan is important for the whole city and will be a comprehensive development framework for the city until 2039.
“We need to make sure that the Council can robustly and legally deliver that plan, whilst allowing everyone the opportunity to have their say.”
Updates to the local plan have been announced following the ‘City Goals Phase 2, Sheffield Stronger Together: Delivering on the City Goals’ meeting.
The City Goals are 18 set ambitions which describe the city’s aspirations and values.
The meeting showcased the progress of the work that has taken place over the last 18 months, since the goals were first initiated.
Jonathan Clifton, Council Director of Strategy and Communications said: “The goals aim for a fairer, greener and more inclusive city.
“They are not just owned by the council, but by the city as a whole”.
Thousands of residents have continues to object to the proposal to develop 3,500 homes, on 14 green belt sites across the city.
HM Planning Inspectorate said that Sheffield City Council’s Local Plan document was “sound”.
The council will now hold further consultation events, but campaign groups told us that the outcome “feels like a bad dream.”
Council leader Tom Hunt said this consultation stage is “an important opportunity” for residents to comment on the proposed modifications before the inspectors issue their final report to the council.
The consultation resumes in March and inspectors will consider any public responses in their final report. There will then be a six-week period will commence for council approval before the conclusion of the process in July.
An additional meeting to oppose the plans will be held by the ‘Save Chapeltown, Eccelsfield, & Grenoside Greenbelt’ group on 5th March at the Grenoside Community Centre.