Loxley

06
Jul
2020
Deadline for township comments is extended AGAIN to 30th July

Deadline for township comments is extended AGAIN to 30th July

STOP PRESS: The planning department has now completed a new set of site notices around the Loxley valley. So far as we can tell, they have updated them ALL with the date when the last notice was posted.

The photograph above shows one of the new notices at Rowell Bridge. It’s slightly smeared by the rain, but you can see that the new date of posting is 30th June.

This replaces the notice posted a little earlier on 24th June, (see our last news post).

The notice wording makes it clear: you now have 30 days from 30th June to submit comments on the proposed new Loxley valley township.

So if we’ve calculated correctly the NEW new deadline is now Thursday 30th July.

The planning application for the old refractory works would mark a huge change for life in the Loxley valley. If you have not yet commented, we would urge you to do so.

For details on HOW to do this, and WHY we think the new notices have gone up, please see our previous news post.

Do you want to know more about the planning application?

Developers Patrick Properties have proposed a township of up to 300 homes. We have summarised their plans, and our concerns, in an earlier news post on this website. You can also view the full planning application, and all associated documentation, on the Sheffield City Council website. The reference number for the planning application is 20/01301/OUT

Would you like to make your views known to the planners?

If you feel ready to make your views known to the planners, you can do so by posting a comment on the council’s website.

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17
Jun
2020
Rivelin Valley Conservation Group urges planners to reject the Loxley valley township

Rivelin Valley Conservation Group urges planners to reject the Loxley valley township

Our sister organisation in the Rivelin valley has condemned plans to build a township of up to 300 homes in the Loxley valley, and has urged city planners to reject them.

The Rivelin Valley Conservation Group (RVCG) has submitted a detailed objection setting out numerous breaches of national and local planning policies.

RVCG says the proposal for a huge housing estate on old factory sites below Damflask would seriously harm Sheffield’s Green Belt.

It says the site would be conspicuous from the Peak District National Park and would damage the appearance and character of local countryside.

The RVCG also warn of increased traffic congestion, underused public transport and an unsustainable load on local services.

RVCG summarise their main concerns as follows:

  • The development breaches the National Planning Policy Framework and Sheffield’s statutory development plan policies, particularly in respect of development in the Green Belt, Area of High Landscape Value and Area of Special Character, and impact on the neighbouring Peak District National Park.
  • Very special circumstances in respect of an immediate and urgent need to remove dereliction from the site or to release the land for housing have not been demonstrated.
  • The application site is in an unsustainable location because:
    • Of its transport and travel impacts, particularly in respect of car use for work and other travel needs and the inevitable increase in traffic congestion and pollution in the Malin Bridge and Hillsborough areas.
    • The impact on existing services and facilities which would not be provided in a development of this size e.g. adequate bus services,  school, medical and other community-based facilities and shops.
    • The adverse impact on the environment and informal rural recreation, including nature conservation, and the attractive and important rural character of the local and wider landscape of the Loxley valley.
  • The release of the site for housing would breach numerous local planning policies and would prejudice the city’s ability to protect the Green Belt in future policies.

You still have time to post your own objection

We are urging Sheffield City Council to extend the deadline for objections to the planning application.

This is because the applicant submitted numerous weighty documents towards the end of the consultation period.

We think people need time to read and assess these documents and have the opportunity to comment on them.

We think the planning application should not have been ‘validated’ and made public until all the legally required documentation was complete.

In the meantime, the city council’s ‘planning portal’ is still accepting comments.

If you have not yet made your views known, we would urge you to do so. The planning application reference number is 20/01301/OUT

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