1b)
Environmental problems, such as Himalayan Balsam at
Ecclesfield Dam,
e.g.
to contribute to https://www.planttracker.org.uk/
and/or http://www.nonnativespecies.org/index.cfm?sectionid=81,
and perhaps some control or eradication.To be made available on conservation.ecclesfieldgroups.com [Version dated 2018-07-24 by JP]
Agenda
for the Conservation meeting of
2018-07-24 at
19:00 in “The Stocks”
C. Chair: RT.
D. Agenda Items
Discussions of the suggestions for monitoring and logging things that may be important to members.
Gala
X. Any Planning Concerns. See the penultimate section.
Y. Any questions or comments on the “Emails received”, “Information watch”, or “Issues remaining”. sections below; or any other business.
Z. Confirmation, or change to scheduled next meeting date, which (since we do not usually have a summer meeting) is September 25th.
1 Some of the things which we may want to decide to monitor, perhaps once a year …
1a) Number and size of (SCC roadside or private garden?) trees in the village, e.g. to check that SCC and Amey are replacing the trees they cut down.
1b)
Environmental problems, such as Himalayan Balsam at
Ecclesfield Dam,
e.g.
to contribute to https://www.planttracker.org.uk/
and/or http://www.nonnativespecies.org/index.cfm?sectionid=81,
and perhaps some control or eradication.
1c) Traffic counts, e.g. if our previous Church Street/Town End/St. Mary’s Lane results have been exceeded, then to advise SCC and campaign for road improvements.
1d) Fine particulate pollution (pm2.5), e.g. to see whether any increases in Ecclesfield traffic are being compensated for by the trend towards less polluting vehicles.
1e) Radiation in Blackburn or Whitley Brook, e.g. to see whether any detectable discharges appear from Fracking or other waste processing.
1f) Other pollutants in our local streams (Although I don’t know how to do this).
1g) The (minimum? maximum? average?) volume or speed of Water in our streams, i.e. anything that improves on flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/station/8341?direction=u (Although I don’t know the best way of doing this).
1h) Temperature.
1i) Litter (location, amount, composition, source?).
1j) Anything else people suggest.
The items in the next few sections will not be gone through one by one, but can be discussed in any other business if any member wishes to bring them up.
Communications, e.g. on ecclesfield.conservation@gmail.com.
We received an email from a Gentleman who would like to visit Ecclesfield to see what might remain of where he was sent as a child to escape the blitz. He recalls a “...row of converted stables just off the main road, near the school.”, and sir names Marshall, Carrot, and the blacksmith John Rudd/Rudge/Ridge. If somebody wants to reply, I will forward the email on?
A silver bracelet has been found at the site of a WW2 battle site in Holland engraved “Betty Ward” and “3 Hollow Gate, Bracken Hill, Chapeltown”. Does anybody want to look into this, or perhaps contact the Chapeltown Group.
There does not appear to be a decision yet, on the Marsh Lane Inquiry, however, if anybody wants to take the Fracking issue up more generally, there is a meeting of “Frack Free Ecclesfield and Chapeltown” on 10th July at 7:30 in Ecclesfield Library.
The
Government is seeking
views on
whether
shale gas exploration (but
not production)
should be given “permitted development rights”, rather than
having to go through the normal planning application system. Also,
whether
shale gas production should be included in the “Nationally
Significant Infrastructure Regime”.
There
is a consultation on tacking
nuisance calls by action against rogue directors. There
are
also a series of environmental consultations,
including
proposed
Clean Air Strategy 2018, air
quality and red diesel, and a new
Environmental Watchdog.
There is another petition against cutting down trees.
Sheffield City Council’s reporting page on https://service.sheffield.gov.uk/selfservice/L05_Portal.html?formname=PFI_CV3 does actually work. It even allowed me to upload a photograph of the problem I was reporting -:)
The final submitted version of our objection to the application for Exploratory Shale Gas at “Marsh Lane” can now be seen at http://conservation.ecclesfieldgroups.com/fracking/index.html.
The
summary sheet which YR showed us at last month’s meeting can now
be seen at
…
http://conservation.ecclesfieldgroups.com/ww1/Ecclesfield-WW1-Cenotaph-Names.pdf
Although the Willow Garth ancient monument, is entitled “moated site and fishpond”, the official listing says the fishpond is “filled in”. It does not therefore include Ecclesfield Dam. Also, from the map at www.sheffield.gov.uk/content/dam/sheffield/docs/planning-and-development/cons-areas/ecclesfield/Ecclesfield%20Boundary.pdf, Willow Garth is within the “Ecclesfield Conservation Area”, but Ecclesfield Damn is not.
Our Public Liability Insurance certificate can now be seen at ... http://conservation.ecclesfieldgroups.com/Public_Liability_Certificate_Web.pdf
Outstanding issues
If any members can help, or want to bring any of the following up for any other reason, they can do so in any other business.
* All three heritage boards seem to be stable, now that they are re-enforced with washers, but the one opposite to Morrisons is sited under a tree and therefore needs periodic cleaning. I have failed to do this regularly enough so if anybody wants to volunteer to look after it, just say.
* Our on-line archive and website need attention.
*
Designs for the pop-up banners are still in progress.
*
We have a fireproof trunk for storing archive material.
Members might prefer a more generally accessible location if one can
be found [As well as perhaps other things such as our Gazebo].
*
We still have plans to survey major trees within the
Conservation Area.
* Sheffield
City Council’s alcohol licensing system is still not
on-line. This not only makes it difficult for anybody to find out
what restrictions apply to any licenses granted in the past, but we
may be missing some of their new decisions, since we can only see the
latest (2 week?) decisions.
The
following planning applications and
appeals were
found by searching for Ward = “East Ecclesfield”, Parish =
Ecclesfield Parish Council”, postcodes S35 9?? and S35 1TE,
validated from 20th
May
to 25th
June
2018.
[You may be able
to click on the underlined links, and then the [Documents] tab to see
the drawings etc. Otherwise, just go to
planningapps.sheffield.gov.uk/online-applications/,
then enter the “Ref. No” for the application you are interested
in.
The
contents of brackets and italics are my interpretation - made after
briefly scanning some of the planning documents]
No new planning applications or appeals came up as a result of this search.
Change
of Use of warehouse (Use Class B8) as a gymnastics club (Use Class
D2) Open for Comment
P
& H Snacks Direct Ltd 3 Hydra Business Park Nether Lane
Sheffield S35 9ZX
Ref.
No: 18/02037/CHU | Received: Fri 25 May 2018 | Validated: Tue 19 Jun
2018
[2018-07-23
Awaiting
decision The
plan shows this to involve “Unit 3”, which is on the left side
of the entrance to the business park, towards the railway line and
away from any houses.]
Use
of building for Class A4 (Drinking Establishments) purposes
The
Players Lounge 20 Yew Lane Sheffield S5 9AN
Ref.
No: 13/00533/CHU | Received: Thu 14 Feb 2013 | Validated: Thu 14 Feb
2013 |
[2018-07-23
Awaiting decision. There
are now 33 comments
listed on the SCC’s planning site, all of which appear to be
objections.
This
is an old undecided 2013 application for change of use from a club
to a drinking establishment or Pub. I don’t know why it has been
revived now, but see the Police request under Information Watch
above. ]
Use
of 3 storey office building as 18 self-contained flats
North
Sheffield Primary Care Trust 89 Green Lane Ecclesfield Sheffield S35
9WY
Ref.
No: 18/01279/ORPN | Received: Wed 28 Mar 2018 | Validated: Wed 18
Apr 2018:
[2018-07-23
Swan Homes have appealed SSC’s refusal of this application.
I
can’t see the date of the appeal on
https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/ViewCase.aspx?Caseid=3195114&CoID=0,
or even an indication as to whether it is possible to attend, but
some information might appear on that link later.
Reasons
for the
original
SCC refusal included the results of noise
measurements
and the conclusion that "the building is not suitable
for
residential use".]
Demolition
of existing stable block and workshop, erection of dwellinghouse and
conversion of existing building to form an annexe/utility room
Hole
House Farm 239 Whitley Lane Sheffield S35 8RP
Ref.
No: 17/04925/FUL | Received: Fri 01 Dec 2017 | Validated: Thu 07 Dec
2017.
[ 2018-07-23 Status:
Awaiting decision. This concerns the existing Stables,
Annexe, Workshop/Store, and Outbuilding/OldToilet. The site is
raised above Whitley lane and screen behind trees. The application
includes the retention of 4 car spaces on the large (0.1 Hectare)
site.]
Alterations
and extension to disused barn to form a dwellinghouse (Re-submission
of 16/03650/FUL) Lower
Butterthwaite Farm 125 Butterthwaite Lane Sheffield S35 9WA
Ref.
No: 17/04006/FUL | Received: Mon 25 Sep 2017 | Validated: Tue 17 Oct
2017.
[ 2018-06-26
Awaiting decision: An extension of time has
been agreed until 14th
July. From Green Lane, this is the first farm
on the right, after the railway bridge. The white square windows and
corrugated metal roof of the barn are just visible behind the farm
house. The previous submission was rejected, with the “re-cladding
in stone”, and “additional dormer window” being mentioned by
in the officer’s report. I am not sure what problems the dormer
windows create, but they still seem to be in the plans.]
Demolition
of training facility and single storey building for use as a
restaurant with associated drive-thru, car parking and landscaping
and associated works and installation of 2 Customer Order Displays
with associated canopies
Land
Adjacent South Yorkshire Police Divisional Headquarters The Common
Sheffield S35 9WL
Ref.
No: 16/01781/FUL |
Received:
Thu 12 May 2016 |
Validated:
Fri 13 May 2016.
[
2018-07-23 Awaiting
Decision. Apart from a couple of neighbour’s letters to 31st
Jan
2018, I found no activity in the SCC’s planning document list
since the 8th
November
extension of time (until 31st
December
2016). ]
Illuminated
freestanding 12 metre
high
totem sign
land
Adjacent South Yorkshire Police Divisional Headquarters, The Common,
Sheffield S35 9WL
Ref.
No: 16/01778/ADV | Received: Thu 12 May 2016 | Validated: Thu 12 May
2016.
[ 2018-07-23
Awaiting
Decision - see above.]
1
illuminated gateway sign, 6 illuminated totem signs, 1 illuminated
panel sign, 2 illuminated freestanding directional signs and 1 post
mounted directional sign, 3 post mounted banner signs and 21 parking
signs - all non-illuminated
Land
Adjacent South Yorkshire Police Divisional Headquarters The Common
Sheffield S35 9WL
Ref. No: 16/01777/ADV | Received: Thu 12 May
2016 | Validated: Thu 12 May 2016.
[
2018-07-23 Awaiting
Decision - see above.]
Provision
of one illuminated logo sign, three illuminated individual letter
signs and two illuminated fascia signs
Land
Adjacent South Yorkshire Police Divisional Headquarters The Common
Sheffield S35 9WL
Ref. No: 16/01780/ADV | Received: Thu 12 May
2016 | Validated: Mon 16 May 2016.
[2018-07-23
Awaiting
Decision - see above.]
Erection
of a motorway area including proposed facilities building, hotel,
filling station, parking facilities for all vehicles, access and
circulation internal roads, structured and natural landscaping with
outside picnic space and dog walking area, associated infrastructure
and earthworks (Town and Country Planning (EIA) Regulations 2011
Schedule 2 proposal) (Amended plans received 11 July 2014)
Smithy
Wood Cowley Hill (Adjoining Junction 35 Of M1 Motorway) Sheffield
35
Ref.
No: 14/01079/OUT | Received: Tue 25 Mar 2014 | Validated: Fri 11 Jul
2014.
[
2018-07-23
Awaiting
Decision.
I could not find any further documents on the SCC planning portal,
since 22 Nov 2017, when Pegasus asked for a meeting.
The (alternative?) proposal for a Motorway
Service Station on the M1 at Junction 33,
showed no further documents since 12 Sept 2017.
http://rotherham.planportal.co.uk/?id=RB2017/1347].
The next SCC
Planning Committee meetings
are
on 14th
August and 4 September 2018.
Anybody
interested may want to check
the agendas
as they are published at...
democracy.sheffield.gov.uk/ieListMeetings.aspx?CommitteeId=373
.
Two-storey
and single-storey rear extensions and provision of first floor side
window to dwellinghouse
17
Crakehall Road Sheffield S35 9WQ
Ref.
No: 18/01855/FUL | Received: Tue 15 May 2018 | Validated: Tue 15 May
2018
[ 2018-07-23
Granted.
Crakehall Road is the cul-de-sac on the Westerly side of the
Chapeltown Road.]
Retention
of single-storey extension to dwellinghouse Open for Comment
101
Town End Road Sheffield S35 9YX
Ref.
No: 18/01794/FUL | Received: Thu 10 May 2018 | Validated: Thu 10 May
2018
[ 2018-07-23
Granted.
101 is on the left, just after The Wheel. It is beyond the
Conservation Area, and neither the old conservatory or the new
extension appear to me to be visible from the road. Also, the layout
submitted with the application shows the extension being outside the
what the applicant conjectures to be the borders of the Green Belt,
and I could not see any large or important trees that would be
affected. There is one comment regretting the fact that this is a
retrospective application, the extension having already been
built.]
Demolition
of porch, erection of new front porch and canopy and construction of
pitched roof on existing single storey side extension
14
Townfields Avenue Sheffield S35 9ZP
Ref.
No: 18/01763/FUL | Received: Sun 06 May 2018 | Validated: Tue 08 May
2018
[
2018-07-23
Granted.
No. 14 is on the left going into Townfields Avenue. I found the
plans difficult to understand but may represent a new, angled car
parking space to the front, together with improvements to an
existing porch and extension to provide WC and KIT (assumed
kitchen).]
I did not find any Licensing Applications for “Ecclesfield” or “S35 9” in the list dated 20 July 2018.