Ash Cottage on Loxley Road faces renewed demolition application

Ash Cottage on Loxley Road faces renewed demolition application

As you may be aware, developers have submitted fresh plans to demolish the historic Ash Cottage on Loxley Road, despite their original application being thrown out unanimously by Sheffield city councillors.

The detached stone-built cottage is one of just four distinctive ‘sideways-on’ houses along Loxley Road. A carved stone in its frontage records its date of construction in 1885. It featured a distinctive ash tree as the centrepiece of its garden until this was cut down recently.

The owner of the house applied in 2018 for planning permission to demolish it and replace it with two five-bedroom houses. The application was rejected in January 2020 by the city council’s Planning and Highways Committee.

Councillors ruled that the plans would constitute overdevelopment and would not be in keeping with the character of the area. They said the proposals did not comply with the Loxley Valley Design Statement and were inconsistent with local and national planning policies.

The owners have now submitted a revised application to demolish Ash Cottage and replace it with two slightly smaller new houses, (down from five bedrooms to four).

Local people have until Wednesday March 4th to comment on the proposals. To date, 16 people have voiced strong objections.

If you wish to make your views known, you may wish to cite the policies of the Loxley Valley Design Statement, which can be found on this website.

 

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Flood damage on Damflask footpath

Flood damage on Damflask footpath

Did anybody see the videos that were posted online from Low Bradfield at the weekend as flood water washed across the bottom of Woodfall Lane? Flask End cafe decided to close early after posting a dramatic clip on their Facebook and Twitter feeds. You could see the water almost lapping through their door.

The water obviously washed around the village with some force, because this morning there’s a deep rut gouged into the end of the Damflask footpath where it meets the bridge below Smithy Garage. Quite a few paths and lanes around the valley have been badly damaged by flood waters this winter. We’d imagine it’ll take quite a lot of work to get them back to a good condition.

Flood damage to footpath at Damflask
Flood damage to footpath at Damflask
Close-up of flood damage to footpath at Damflask
Close-up of flood damage to footpath at Damflask
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