by Matt Stanger | May 16, 2025 | Environment, News, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2
1494 homes are set to be built in Ecclesfield and Grenoside by Sheffield City Council, in a decision that will “wreck” the village. This amounts to 42% of the 3529 houses that Sheffield City Council are required to build by 2039 in part of Government plans...
by Adam Foxsmith | May 15, 2025 | Environment, News, Politics
The council have controversially voted to build on 14 green belt sites following a vote at the town hall. Protestors gathered yesterday at the town hall to dispute the 15 year Sheffield Local Plan which leader of the council, Tom Hunt, claimed to be a ‘brownfield site...
by Varvara Riepina | May 8, 2025 | Community, Culture, Environment, News, Top stories
A revolutionary European satellite built to measure the Earth’s forests in 3D has launched — and at its core is a 20-year research effort led by the University of Sheffield. However, local environmental campaigners say its impact will depend on whether the communities...
by Tom Ford | May 8, 2025 | Environment, Top Story - Home Page Lead
Plans for a development on greenbelt land has caused outrage among Sheffield residents. Residents at one of these sites near Bramley and Beaver Hill are protesting against this decision on the grounds of pollution and mental health, and also the hypocrisy of the local...
by George Stanton | May 2, 2025 | Community, Culture, Environment, Health, News
Sheffield will be transformed into a healthier, greener and pedestrian-friendly city after the City Council approved plans to pursue their ‘Walking, Wheeling and Cycling’ development project on Wednesday 30 April. Speaking at the transport and regeneration committee...
by James Cain | May 2, 2025 | Community, Environment, News, Watch
A volunteer group’s project which has planted millions of trees in communities across the country is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. The Conservation Volunteers (TCV), a nationwide environmental organisation based in Doncaster, set up the ‘I Dig Trees’...
