2011-09-19 Agenda

Agenda for the Conservation meeting of 2011-10-17 (Monday) at 19:30 in the Stocks

(This agenda was modified on 2011-10-16. To add to, or comment on this agenda, email Jim on

. This and previous agendas and minutes can be found at conservation.ecclesfieldgroups.com)

a.    Welcome to Members, New Members, and Visitors.
b.    Registration of any Apologies.
c.    Acceptance or amendments to the Minutes of the previous meeting.

Progress on the Heritage/Interpretation Board, and the work being done on it by Historians Mel and Joan Jones.
Discussion of the report by Sheffield "Transport and Highways Service" to the Northern Community Assembly meeting of 2011-09-28. (See Information below).
Sheffield City Council have emailed to ask us to fill in a voluntary groups survey form. Should we fill this in and if so, how do we answer the question "Could the Northern Community Assembly offer you additional support" ?

x.   Discussion on new planning applications (See "Planning Applications" below).
y.   Any other business.
z.   Date of the next meeting.

Emails received (E.g. on ).

We were copied an email from "Green Estates" in Sheffield S2 offering help and training in local history projects.
Veolia have emailed us about their environmental grants.
syfab¬ emailed an open invitation to their "Funding Forum" on Tuesday 22 November.

Information watch

The workshop on the Interpretation Board has been put back until Tuesday 1st November. It is still upstairs in the Black Bull between 1pm and 4pm. Peter Barker () asks that people who wish to attend, let him know as early as possible.
The report by Sheffield "Transport and Highways Service"¬ to the Northern Community Assembly¬ meeting of 2011-09-28 is now available.

See Section 2.0 for details of the £359k which was available for "Northern Community Assembly" highway schemes for 2010/11.
For 2011/12, Section 2.0 shows that of the £111 k allocated, 65k is already committed, leaving only 46k available. This may be compared to the total of four pedestrian-injury accidents a year, occurring at all the sites mentioned in the report (I.e. 19 over 5 years).
See Section 4.4 for measures being considered to reduce the (currently 31mph downhill average) speed of traffic on Chapeltown Road, Ecclesfield.
See Section 4.5 for the improvements to Ecclesfield High Street which were considered, but did not score as highly as other schemes.
See Sections 4.6, and 14.0 for a scheme for Wordsworth Avenue at Monteney Primary School which it is now intended to fund centrally.

In addition to the above funding, the "Northern Assembly Plan Priorities Update¬ " mentions possible money from the £25k "Ward Pot" for small improvements such as dropped-kerbs and handrails. The Northern Community Assembly have identified "Improving Public Places and Spaces" as a "new priority". They also mention "Parish-based Community Days" for groups to showcase activities and recruit volunteers, and an "Environmental Pot", under the "small grants programme".
The topping stones on the wall in front of the flats on Yew Lane opposite to the P:icture Shop have not been changed from the "out of character" white ones we objected to, but at least they are still attached.
St. Marys Church bells¬ have been removed for re-furbishing.
Mobile speed cameras¬ will be in operation this week on A6135 Ecclesfield Road / Chapeltown Road, Ecclesfield / Chapeltown.
Sheffield City Council say that Stop and Go boards¬ will be in operation on Church Street on 16th & 23rd October 2011.
We have been emailed the link to Sheffield's Live Weather¬ site [although I think I still prefer xcweather¬].

Planning Applications

(I think the pictures below some of these application details are roughly in the right position)

Application Reference	Date Received DD/MM/YYYY	Date Validated DD/MM/YYYY	--------------Address---------------	-----------Proposal----------	----Status-----

11/03108/COND	23/09/2011	29/09/2011	Land At Yarra Industrial Estate Station Road Ecclesfield Sheffield S35 9YR	Application to approve details in relation to condition number 3. details of hard and soft landscapi...	Pending Consideration

11/03108/COND

23/09/2011

29/09/2011

Land At Yarra Industrial Estate Station Road Ecclesfield Sheffield S35 9YR

Application to approve details in relation to condition number 3. details of hard and soft landscapi...

Pending Consideration

11/02856/COND	07/09/2011	09/09/2011	Hydra Business Park Nether Lane Sheffield S35 9ZX	Application to approve details in relation to condition numbers 9, 10,11,13 (Surface water/sewage di...	Insufficient Fee

11/02856/COND

07/09/2011

09/09/2011

Hydra Business Park Nether Lane Sheffield S35 9ZX

Application to approve details in relation to condition numbers 9, 10,11,13 (Surface water/sewage di...

Insufficient Fee

The planning application for an Aldi at Rollem¬. has been approved, and The Star¬ says the new store could be up and running in 18 months. Approval was subject to a number of requirements, including...

Approval of materials to ensure the quality of the development.
Adherence to a travel plan to reduce dependence on private cars. Provision of 10 bicycle/motorcycle racks, and 4 electric vehicle charging points, and 4 car parking spaces for "low emission" cars.
A pedestrian refuge, drop kerb, tactile paving.
A written scheme of archaeological investigation, including publication of the results.
The existing trees are to be protected, and landscaping is to be maintained for 5 years.
Environmental sustainability to be "BREEAM¬ good" [meant to represent the top 50% of new buildings].
30% reduction in water run-off to mitigate the risk of flooding.
A noise barrier to protect owners of adjoining properties.
Trading restricted to 8:00 - 20:00 (with 10:00 to 16:00 on Sundays and Public Holidays). 75% of the 1000 m^2 sales floor area is to be devoted to convenience goods.
An interpretation board giving details of the history of the site.
A crossing is mentioned, and the "Highway Development Control Section of Sheffield City Council.

A copy of the letter which Roger Tordoff wrote on our behalf, on the archaeological importance of the site, remains on the Council's planning web site.

(All found using Ward = East Ecclesfield, Parish = Ecclesfield Parish Council, Validated from 09/09/2011 to 14/10/2011)

The Bradbury Planning application, 11/00823/FUL, is still described as "withdrawn".

The planning application by Rocpower Limited¬ for a biofuel diesel generating station on Loicher Lane is still described as withdrawn

To see the documents, click on http://planning.sheffield.gov.uk/publicaccess/tdc/DcApplication/application_searchform.aspx¬, Search, enter the Application Reference, then "Click to view" arrow, then "Associated Documents > View associated documents".

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