Have your say on SES29 and SES30 by 28 October
The Further Main Modifications consultation closes at 5pm on Wednesday 28 October. If you have already written in, thank you. Please forward this to a...
One year on from the S13 hearings
A year ago today, on Monday 13 October 2025, members of our community gathered at the Showroom on Paternoster Row in Sheffield city centre to make the case...
Further Main Modifications: comment by 5pm, 28 October
The proposals to develop Handsworth Hall Farm (SES29) and Bramley Common (SES30) remain under examination. The Council has published 33 further changes to...
What the Council leaders agreed to put in writing / The consultation is open
Our last email was about what has been done to Handsworth Beck. Now we're covering the two things we promised: our meeting with the Council leaders on 9...
What has happened at Handsworth Hall Farm (SES29)
It's been over a month since our last email, and there’s been a lot going on. This email is about a single thing: what has been done to the land at...
Two hours on the S13 Green Belt
On Saturday 8 August we spent two hours on the S13 Green Belt sites with Councillor Fran Belbin, Leader of Sheffield City Council, and Councillor Angela...
"In principle": the Council replies to the Inspectors' Letter
Nearly a month ago, we reported that the Inspectors had written to the Council with nine questions that must be resolved before they publish their final...
Yet another S13 Green Belt site is under threat
As you're aware, the Save S13 Green Belt Campaign has been working with the community to prevent the release of SES29 (Handsworth Hall Farm) and SES30...
Newsflash: The Inspectors write back
In the last few emails we've been summing up some of the issues raised in responses to the main modifications: Unresolvable traffic issues The realistic...
Even Sheffield's Council Leader called the Green Belt plan unfair
Last time we looked at whether the Council has actually assessed the farmland it intends to build on. On the evidence, it hasn't. This email turns from...
Has Sheffield Council actually assessed the farmland it wants to build on?
Last time we tested whether the proposed Green Belt sites could deliver the homes claimed. The arithmetic, using the Council's evidence, did not add up. This...
"Indicative only" - reviewing the Council's Green Belt capacity claims
Our last email looked at what the Local Plan would mean for traffic in S13. This is the next in the series - and the one we teased at the end of that email:...
What our independent traffic review found
As promised last week, this is the first of a series of follow-up emails on representations submitted to the Main Modifications consultation. We're starting...
The Main Modifications consultation has closed: what happens next?
We wanted to start with a simple thank you. After nine intense weeks, the main modifications consultation - the latest phase of the draft Sheffield Local...
Object to the S13 Green Belt sites by 5 May
As many of you know, we have reached the final consultation stage of the Sheffield Plan examination. These “Main Modifications” would formally allocate the...
A Simple Question for Sheffield City Council: Which Community Led This?
Yesterday morning, the Sheffield Green Belt Alliance sent the following letter to Kate Josephs, Chief Executive of Sheffield City Council, with copies to all...
Newsflash: Sean Bean calls out Council hypocrisy in the Daily Mail
📰 Sheffield's Green Belt fight has gone national - again. 👉 The Daily Mail has published a piece highlighting the contradiction at the heart of Sheffield...
Local Plan Main Modifications Announced
📌 As expected, Sheffield City Council announced their consultation on the "Main Modifications" to the Local Plan - including the proposals to remove 91...
The Sheffield Local Plan: where we stand and what happens next
📌 Two weeks since the Planning Inspectorate's letter, and the position is clear: the Plan is largely unchanged. All the proposed Green Belt sites remain in...
🏛️ Support Our Local Heritage! 🏛️
Two sites in and alongside the proposed Bramley Common (SES30) Green Belt release area are being considered for the South Yorkshire Local Heritage List - and...
