Ecclesfield Conservation Group

• Everybody will be welcome to call in at the new red gazebo we have just ordered ready for the Ecclesfield Gala on Sunday 5th September.
• If anybody wants to comment on the green belt, and lots of other features of Sheffield City Council's draft  "Development  Framework Map", they can do so here, using this key.
  

• We were pleased to receive some historic pictures, which we have displayed here.
  
• We thank our local Rotary Group for the good reception they gave our Chairman, and for the encouraging things they said about the possible renovation of the village stocks.
• Lots of work has been done on LadyCroft Meadow. Materials were paid for by the in-bloom group, and we thank the two Payback teams for the work that they are putting in.
• We are arranging for a "Heritage Board" depicting sites of interest around Ecclesfield to be erected on Ladycroft Meadow at the side of St. Marys Lane. We welcome the new "Village Notice" board at the Morrisons entrance to Ecclesfield Park, and on Ladycroft Meadow facing St. Mary's Lane.
  
• We were pleased to hear of plans to put a speed indicator on The Wheel. However, the traffic sub-committee are still pursuing the matter of the excess traffic in parts of Ecclesfield, and considering doing a traffic survey. If you want to be involved, just come along to the next meeting.
• We note the concerns about the fuel to be burnt at the controversial biofuel generation plant on Loicher Lane, and are observing progress.
• We thank the St. Mary's Lane Trust for their donation of £200.00
  

• We have dug holes and planted 2 traditional Medlar trees and 1 Mulberry tree on St. Marys Church Green next to Priory Road.
• We have received an email from the new owner of the Ecclesfield Methodist Chapel asking if we know of any organisations interested in renting/leasing the building. See Sheffield City Council's Conservation Area Appraisal, section 7.21. There is now a planning application for the building, some aspects of which are objecting to.
  
• The entrance to the Old Quarry off Town End Road has been cleared up and bulbs planted.
• Both of the sign posts have now been refurbished and installed outside St. Mary's Church. See http://ecclesfield.wikia.com/Conservation.
• If anybody notices dead horse chestnut trees, or even dead branches, please inform the owners (E.g. Sheffield City Council) or Click here for advice
  
• You can see (and even comment on) the work that we have done on the Priory Road wall, at http://ecclesfield.wikia.com/Conservation . We are likely to do further work on the steps.
• We have helped plant four trees on the land adjacent to Town End Road as part of the "Ecclesfield Improver Project". We thank Sheffield City Council Parks Department for providing such special trees.
• We have a draft document looking at the meaning of Townscape Merit.

• You can Email us on . Just say if you want to be emailed copies of agendas or minutes, or if you want us to stop emailing.