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A meeting has been called to discuss the proposed new convenience store for Crosspool. Councillors and press have been invited to hear your opinions.
It will take place on Friday 3 September at 6:30pm in St Columba’s church hall.
Don’t forget, you can also comment on the a planning application using the Council website.
Sheffield blogger Steel City Kitchen has been the first to review the reopened Catch restaurant on Sandygate Road.
The fish, chips and seafood cafe, which is located above Artisan restaurant, opened earlier this month. It was previously run as budget restaurant, Canteen.
This photo of a double rainbow over Crosspool was taken on 23 August 2010 at around 6:30pm.
A planning application has been submitted for the retail premises on Lydgate Lane, presently occupied by Motor World, to extend the building to three times its present size.
Planning application 10/02657/FUL indicates permission is being sought to change its use to a convenience store/market, possibly by one of the big supermarket chains. Work has already begun, with the removal of a number of trees from the site.
The application raises many questions, including how this might affect the viability of the present shops in the precinct, and crucially, what added pressure will this impact on road safety, at what is an already very busy Y-junction with Manchester Road.
Residents are being invited to comment on the application before 17 September 2010 on the Sheffield City Council Planning Applications website.
View Planning application 10/02657/FUL
Associated downloadable documents (including Supporting submission document, plan drawings and Neighbour notification details)
The two vehicle-activated signs on Manchester Road are due to be removed today (Friday 20 August) by Streetforce.
The Central Area Community Assembly commissioned two sets of detectors from Sheffield Council’s road safety department. These were to be installed by Streetforce for an eight-week period at different locations highlighted by the local community as being prone to traffic speeding.
The first signs to be installed, on the Broomhill end of Manchester Road, are due to be removed today. At 8:30am this morning, only the the speed sign for vehicles coming up the hill was operational.
The analysed data gathered is likely to be used for improving road safety at the two locations. We’ll post more information as we hear about it.
You can now follow updates from Crosspool Forum on various social networking services:
The updates posted to Facebook and Twitter include general news about Crosspool and also some information about the community group itself.
The Flickr page includes some photographs from around the area.
This is your opportunity to let SYPTE know what you think about their vision to improve the bus network for South Rotherham and Sheffield.
Changes to the services directly affecting Crosspool are as follows (click to see details of the proposed routes):
You can feed back on these proposals in four ways:
A leaflet with response slip is also available.
The consultation is due to end on Friday 3 September 2010.
The new edition of the Crosspool Clarion is going to press and will soon be falling on the doormats of all Crosspool households.
The latest issue includes:
Download Crosspool Clarion Autumn 2010 edition (PDF, 747KB)
Some back issues of past editions of the Crosspool Clarion are also available to download.
The Crosspool Clarion is the official newsletter of Crospool Forum. It is a free, quarterly publication, with over 2,500 copies delivered to local households.
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Below are some photos from Crosspool Farmer’s Market on Sunday 4 July 2010. The market took place on Selbourne Road and was part of this year’s festival celebrations.
There were stalls selling food, drinks, plants and crafts as well as dancing from local school children.
The market was in aid of Cairn Home, which also opened up its garden and served cream teas.
The recent roadworks affecting Manchester Road, Broomhill and Glossop Road are complete, meaning that roads have now reopened.
The replacing of the gas mains meant that traffic could only travel one way through Broomhill and up Manchester Road. The Fulwood Road junction with Glossop Road had also been closed.
The roads reopened at around 10am on Monday 9 August. Fulwood Road between Ashdell Road and Manchester Road will remain one way into town until early September.
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