[This agenda was last updated on 2014-07-21 by JP.]
Agenda for the Conservation meeting of 2014-07-22 at 19:00 in The Stocks
A. Chair: Mr Ian Deans
B. Attendance and Apologies:
C. Minutes: Acceptance or amendment to the minutes of the previous meeting, prior to them being published on our web site.
D. Agenda Items:
1. Jim’s report and member’s comments on the Parish Council’s search for a co-ordinator for the Archiving project
2. Decision on whether to accept or reject the offer by SCC of a grant of £321 for a joint survey and recruitment drive.
3. Any ideas or progress anybody might have made in our search for Storage space
4. Possible dates for visits to Grenoside Reading Rooms and Archive (Ian)
5. Response from bank re payment of joint income (Margaret)
6. Ecclesfield Gala: arrangements/organisation/manning (Jim)
7. East and West Ecclesfield Wards Public Meeting- 7th August (Ian)
8. Pinks Estate Agents – update (Jim)
9. Next Local Plan- SCC call for development sites (Ian)
X. Planning Applications (See below).
Y. Any questions or comments on the Communications or Information below; or any other business.
Z. Confirmation of the date of the next meeting (E.g. 2014-09-23).
Notes to the Agenda Items
3. We are still looking for storage space, ideally to be available after the Gala, for at least our Gazebo, and our small, but hopefully growing collection of historical artefacts.
Communications, e.g. on 
The items in this section will not be gone through one by one, but can be discussed in any other business if any member wishes to bring them up.
· Sheffield City Council emailed us to say that they are consulting on their proposing to reduce the number of priority 2 gritted roads. The Ecclesfield Parish council are preparing (or may by now have already prepared) their comments. If members are also concerned, then they may want to make their views known, for instance by voicing their views in Any Other Business, by lobbying their Councillors, and/or by using the link above before the consultation expires on 25th July.
· UKEconet.org (Hallam University and South Yorkshire Biodiversity Research Group), have three workshops on habitats and species associated with Sphagnum moss. (Some volunteer places are available at £20 a day. Also, perhaps of interest to our archiving project, UKEconet have an oral history and transcription service).
Information watch
The items in this section will not be gone through one by one, but can be discussed in any other business if any member wishes to bring them up.
- The boundary commission is adjusting our ward boundaries to make the number of voters in each ward more equal, and asking for comments on their proposed boundaries before 4th August 2014.
- Photo competition. Take to Chapeltown Library with £2.50 entrance fee some time until 30th August.
- The Parish Council might welcome any suggestions members may have for refurbishing, or perhaps even extending the noticeboards in the parish. The Conservation Group regularly features on printouts of the village website, and we do sometimes put our own notices up, but only by winning the battle with an increasing thicket of staples, and sometimes jostling for space with commercial notices.
New planning applications
In East Ecclesfield Ward, postcodes S35 9?? and S35 1TE, validated from 2014-05-26 to 2014-07-20
[Italics are my interpretation - usually made after only briefly scanning the documents.]
Land To The Rear Of 135 Church Street Ecclesfield Sheffield S35 9WF
Ref. No: 14/02239/OUT | Received: Thu 19 Jun 2014 | Validated: Thu 19 Jun 2014 | Status: Pending Consideration
[This is very similar to the previous application which the Conservation Group considered at the start of the year. There is a new “location plan” which seems to show access is now via the car park in front of the old working men’s club. As we know, the licensee of the fishing club was concerned about the previous application (now withdrawn), but the proposal to take away some of the car park used as access to the fishing pond appears to have raised this concerns. Since it is generally said that it is not necessary to own the land in order to apply for planning permission for it, I am not sure what difference the arguments on property related rights make to whether or not planning consent is granted. The group is of course, able to make any comments it wishes, as are individual members, however it may be that important decisions will be made by the old Working Mens Club’s receivers, BDO of Leeds or whoever buys the land off them.]
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Replacement of roof and dormer windows
110 The Common Sheffield S35 9WN
Ref. No: 14/02139/FUL | Received: Tue 03 Jun 2014 | Validated: Tue 10 Jun 2014 | Status: Pending Consideration
Previous planning applications, still pending
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Replacement of roof and dormer windows
110 The Common Sheffield S35 9WN
Ref. No: 14/02139/FUL | Received: Tue 03 Jun 2014 | Validated: Tue 10 Jun 2014 | Status: Pending Consideration
[2014-07-22 Still Pending Consideration ]
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First-floor front extension over existing garage
15 Mellor Lea Farm Garth Sheffield S35 9TY
Ref. No: 14/02120/FUL | Received: Mon 26 May 2014 | Validated: Tue 27 May 2014 | Status: Pending Consideration
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ALDI 82 The Common Sheffield S35 9WN
Ref. No: 14/01773/FUL | Received: Sat 17 May 2014 | Validated: Sat 17 May 2014 | Status: Pending Consideration
[2014-07-22 Still Pending Consideration ]
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Land In The Curtilage Of 17 Chapeltown Road Sheffield S35 9WD
Ref. No: 14/00689/OUT | Received: Fri 28 Feb 2014 | Validated: Tue 29 Apr 2014 | Status: Pending Consideration
[This is the house on the Ecclesfield Side of the Cattery. It has a very long garden, which stretches behind Whitley Croft cul-de-sac. It looks as if the intension is to share a drive, which is not normal for that area and might indicate over development –JP]
[2014-06-23 Still Pending Consideration]
[2014-07-22 Still Pending Consideration ]
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Smithy Wood Cowley Hill (Adjoining Junction 35 Of M1 Motorway) Sheffield 35
Ref. No: 14/01079/OUT | Received: Tue 25 Mar 2014 | Validated: Tue 25 Mar 2014 | Status: Pending Consideration
[There are now 461 items on the “public comments” section, all as far as I could see against the proposal.
Also the meeting on 13 May 2014 was attended by approximately 50 people, following which the Parish Council raised a number of objections to the proposal. Apparently, one person gave support to the proposal, but was still worried about the quality of the jobs that would be created
Councillor Steven Wilson, and Angela Smith MP registered objections, saying among many other things that some of the proposed mitigations would be nullified by HS2
There is other information on our web site, including a link to an e-petition]
[2014-05-25 Still Pending Consideration ]
[2014-06-23 Still Pending Consideration (Now 545 Public comments)]
[2014-07-22 Still Pending Consideration (Now 638 Public comments, a new design and access statement, and what may be a new site outline)]
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Hydra Business Park Nether Lane Sheffield S35 9ZX
Ref. No: 14/00509/COND | Received: Thu 13 Feb 2014 | Validated: Fri 14 Feb 2014 | Status: Pending Consideration
[2014-05-25 Still Pending Consideration ]
[2014-06-23 Still Pending Consideration ]
[2014-07-22 Still Pending Consideration ]
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Whitley Lane Farm Whitley Lane Sheffield S35 9ZD.
Ref. No: 14/00064/FUL | Received: Mon 13 Jan 2014 | Validated: Mon 17 Feb 2014 | Status: Pending Consideration
[Firstly, it appears to me that parts of the existing farm buildings, and a wall is being demolished. Then the “visual” shows, the buildings, (if they are the original buildings), completely reclad for residential purposes.-JP]
[2014-05-25 Still Pending Consideration ]
[2014-06-23 Still Pending Consideration ]
[2014-07-22 Still Pending Consideration ]
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