{"id":65956,"date":"2025-05-16T14:01:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T14:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=65956"},"modified":"2025-05-16T14:01:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T14:01:36","slug":"council-confirm-nearly-1500-homes-to-be-built-in-ecclesfield-despite-opposition-from-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/05\/16\/council-confirm-nearly-1500-homes-to-be-built-in-ecclesfield-despite-opposition-from-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Council confirm nearly 1,500 homes to be built in Ecclesfield despite opposition from residents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>1494 homes are set to be built in Ecclesfield and Grenoside by Sheffield City Council, in a decision that will &#8220;wreck&#8221; the village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This amounts to 42% of the 3529 houses that Sheffield City Council are required to build by 2039 in part of Government plans for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Against the proposal is Andrew Robinson, who created a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/stop-too-many-new-houses-and-prevent-development-in-ecclesfield-s-green-belt?source_location=search\">petition<\/a> voting against the plans criticising that the new houses will be built in Green Belt areas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his petition he said: \u201cThere is no way such a huge number can possibly be integrated into Ecclesfield without wrecking all services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese will all be in the Green Belt, making everything completely unacceptable, removing land which is actively farmed for food production, teeming with wildlife and with public footpaths for use by the population.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRather than these new houses being a welcome for new people moving to Ecclesfield, the village will be wrecked and become a place to avoid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1DT5IdyidnA5PGpsSg5Jtn-T7pahrvTI&#038;ehbc=2E312F\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>This petition alongside three others were raised in the Extraordinary meeting. The other petitions raised similar concerns about the new houses being built in Green Belt areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a general response Councillor Tom Hunt said: \u201cI can assure you that the proposals we\u2019re considering today about the potential release of Green Belt land is something that none of us take lightly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo help us tackle the housing crisis we need to have a plan. 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