Labour-run Sheffield City Council have again brought forward proposals to sell off bits of the Beauchief Abbey Conservation Area – this time the historic barns next to the Abbey. In 2015, the Labour council attempted to sell off land in the conservation area, before backing down in the face of opposition from local residents and Lib Dem councillors, including a petition organised by Cllr […]

Labour-controlled Sheffield City Council recently sold part of Graves Park to a property developer, despite more than 13,000 people signing a petition against the sale. When the issue came up during discussion of the Council’s Budget meeting last Friday, you might have thought that Labour would have tried to show a bit of remorse or […]

Local campaigners are celebrating after the future of a prized local green space has been cleared up. Gulleys Wood Meadow near Beauchief Abbey had apparently been given to a local golf club by someone claiming to have acquired it from the Council, prompting fears among local community groups that it could be closed to the […]

Richard Shaw and the local Lib Dem team are continuing to act on concerns about the Council’s tree maintenance programme and also damage being caused by trees to pavements and property. Residents are also worried about pavements being covered in moss or leaves, which then becomes hazardous in the wet weather. Local people have reported damage caused by trees to pavements, including on Crawshaw Grove. Streets Ahead have inspected […]

Residents contacted me recently about a large mound of soil which had been dumped at the junction of Folds Lane and Hutcliffe Wood Road. Streets Ahead have recently been carrying out work in the local area to tidy up the grass verges. Though they had taken the spoil away with them when did Folds Lane […]

Campaigners call for rethink on local trees due to residents’ concerns Council contractors Amey are currently in the process of identifying and removing trees which they deem to be dead, dangerous or dying. However, during a recent survey by local campaigner Richard Shaw, local people complained about the lack of clarity and consistency over which […]

Sheffield City Council have been forced to reconsider their unpopular changes to waste recycling centre services. Liberal Democrat councillors called for a review of recycling centre opening hours in June but Labour refused to accept there was a problem, despite rising incidents of fly-tipping in our area. Labour’s town hall bosses have now agreed to […]

Earlier this week I found some waste (including what appeared to be old water tanks and an old skateboard) had been dumped on Gleadless Road outside the Heeley Millenium Park. I reported this to the council and I’m pleased to say the rubbish was gone by the next evening. The 2013 Heeley Festival is being […]

I recently passed on complaints from Gleadless Valley residents to Sheffield City Council, regarding the amount of fly-tipping that has been happening in local woodlands since the Council’s changes to waste collections and the reduced opening hours at Blackstock Road tip. The council’s Countryside and Environment department has informed me that they are working to […]

Local people in the south of Sheffield have been left fuming as woods and hedges around Blackstock Road have become increasingly filled with fly-tipped waste. Residents believe the problems are due to Council’s move to fortnightly bin collections and their decision to close Blackstock Road recycling centre three days a week. Despite being the busiest […]