[This agenda was last updated on 2013-02-17 by JP.]
Agenda for the Conservation meeting of 2013-02-18
at 19:30 in the lounge bar of “The Stocks”
a. Welcome: to members, new members, and visitors.
b. Any apologies:
c. Minutes: Acceptance or amendment to the minutes of the previous meeting, prior to their being published on our web site.
1. Discussion of next month’s AGM, including the procedure for the election of a new Chair.
2. Progress on scanning and archiving the Ridge Ledgers.
x. Planning applications: See "New Planning Applications" below. The coloured sections underneath, entitled, “Previous Planning Applications still pending”, and “Planning Applications Granted”, are for member’s information, and probably don’t need discussing again.
y. Any other business.
z. Date of Next meeting.
Communications
received, e.g. on 
· We received confirmation from Oonagh Mcclean of the Ecclesfield Walkabout on 14th February, so perhaps one of our members can tell us what issues were found.
- We received an invitation to “support the future of the library services” from Andrew Milroy, Acting Head of Libraries, Archives and Information Service. The email included a copy of the library prospectus asking people with ideas or proposals to make the library service more viable, to register their interests at https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/libraries/library-review/prospectus.htm. Sheffield City Council say they will invite registrants to meetings, and provide information and promises of support. Since 5% of UK libraries closed last year, and the Council says it needs a 25% cut in library funding, the closure of Ecclesfield Library, or cost-cutting privatisation seem possible.
Information watch
- South Yorkshire Police are inviting everybody to their PACT Community Safety Meeting on 2013-03-26 at 14:00 hours, in the Unity Gardens Community Room.
- There seems to be a new facility for reporting problems at https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/roads/report.html. Reportable problems include street lights, road signs, bridges, potholes, drains, gritting, litter, graffiti, fly-posters, grass, plants and trees, dead animals, and abandoned vehicles, as well as more general comments. Traffic light problems can be reported urgently on (0114) 273 4567.
- The location of Mobile speed cameras now seems to be routinely appearing in the “Ecclesfield News” box on http://www.ecclesfieldgroups.com/ so perhaps it is better that I stop putting them in the Agenda.
- Ecclesfield Group Practice is reported to be running a community cardiology diagnostics service, allowing patients to take home an ECG monitor for 24 hours.
New Planning Applications
189 The Wheel Sheffield S35 9ZA
Ref. No: 13/00286/FUL | Received: Tue 29 Jan 2013 | Validated: Wed 30 Jan 2013 | Status: Pending Consideration
[This is a detached house on the South side of The Wheel . The main extension appears to me to be at the back of the house, but there are also major changes to the front garden, including the replacement of two drives at the side with one central drive with automatic sliding gate clad in cedar boards.]
Site Of Rollem Patent Products 80 To 82 The Common (Aldi) Sheffield S35 9WN
Ref. No: 13/00287/ADV | Received: Fri 25 Jan 2013 | Validated: Fri 25 Jan 2013 | Status: Pending Consideration
[The sign is to be some 2 meters wide by 2.5 meters tall, reaching to 4.5 meters from the ground.]
Use of ground floor as two apartments
Ground Floor Unit Regency Court Primrose Drive Sheffield
Ref. No: 12/03749/FUL | Received: Mon 03 Dec 2012 | Validated: Thu 24 Jan 2013 | Status: Pending Consideration
[These two apartments seem to replace the (unused) café, and perhaps some storage areas]
All the above were found using Ward = "East Ecclesfield", Parish = "Ecclesfield Parish Council", "Validated from" = 21st January 2013 to 17th February 2013.
Previous Planning Applications still pending
Ashcore Developments Ltd Unit 8 Excelsior Works Station Road Ecclesfield Sheffield S35 9YR
Ref. No: 13/00137/COND | Received: Thu 10 Jan 2013 | Validated: Mon 14 Jan 2013 | Status: Pending Consideration
[this is one of the industrial buildings on the left going down from the Police station, just before the old Laboratories ]
Single-storey rear extension and single-storey front porch to dwellinghouse
170 Ecclesfield Road Chapeltown Sheffield S35 1TE
Ref. No: 12/03955/FUL | Received: Thu 20 Dec 2012 | Validated: Fri 11 Jan 2013 | Status: Pending Consideration
[this is one of the houses on the left going to Chapeltown, but is set back from the road. The application appears to involve a major renovation and extension taking the existing front porch forward beyond the existing bay window, and extending the garage forward to meet it.]
25th Sheffield (Ecclesfield) Scout Group Scout Hall Yew Lane Sheffield S5 9AL
Ref. No: 12/04027/FUL | Received: Mon 17 Dec 2012 | Validated: Wed 16 Jan 2013 | Status: Pending Consideration
[The plan refers to the scout hut between Yew Lane, Greaves Road, and Reneville Court. The application proposes what looks like a concrete garage, 2 meters inside the rear and side boundaries of the site, to the right of the entrance, and behind the existing 2.5 metre high fence. ]
Coal Recovery and Restoration Scheme
Former Hesley Wood Tip Smithy Wood Road Chapeltown Sheffield S61 2SE
Ref. No: 12/01946/FUL | Received: Fri 29 Jun 2012 | Validated: Mon 02 Jul 2012 | Status:” “Pending Decision” (Was “Pending Consideration).
[The site plan shows this to be to the North of Cowley Hill, running between Chapeltown and the M1 to stop just before Hesley wood. RecyCoal say that a coal washing plant will be built, 35 local jobs created, and 395,000 tonnes of coal extracted over 3 years. Access to the site is directly on to Cowley Hill and thence to M1 J35. Soil will then be imported and planted with grass and 41,000 trees. "A" frame barriers will then be installed, giving access to hard surfaced paths. Ancient woodland on the edge of the site will be preserved. The site is within the Green Belt and two residents have objected, on nature conservation, amenity and environmental grounds. Also, Natural England are recommending that an "Environmental Statement" be prepared, but I don't know whether this has been done.]
[There are still some 220 comments on Sheffield City Council’s planning site, (including one with 143 signatures). My sample viewing of 5 of these showed only objections].
Land East Of The Railway South Of Smithy Wood Drive Sheffield S35 1QN
Ref. No: 12/03501/COND | Received: Wed 07 Nov 2012 | Validated: Wed 07 Nov 2012 | Status: Pending Consideration
[At first glance, the plans look extensive, complicated, and thorough. They also contain health and safety cautions about “trenches” and “shoring”.]
Planning Applications Granted
46 Church Street Ecclesfield Sheffield S35 9WE
Ref. No: 12/04050/RG3 | Received: Fri 21 Dec 2012 | Validated: Fri 21 Dec 2012 | Status: Granted Conditionally
[This appears to be an application to demolish a “loose stone and fill” side wall separating two detached houses opposite St. Mary’s Church. Part of the wall is said to be collapsing and requires re-building – Click on the link above, and then View Supplementary information for photographs]
Morrisons Supermarket 299 The Common Sheffield S35 9WJ
Ref. No: 12/03314/FUL | Received: Wed 24 Oct 2012 | Validated: Wed 24 Oct 2012 | Status: Granted Conditionally [but the usual copy of the conditions does not seem to be on the Council Web site]
[The proposed increase in opening hours has produced one objection from a neighbour on the grounds that the noise from the loudspeakers calling out instructions to petrol customers between the existing hours of 7:00 and 22:00 is already too great.]
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