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Several Crosspool roads will be gritted this winter following the results of a public consultation into winter road maintenance.
Council chiefs have changed their mind on the gritting of 141 roads. Local streets including Hagg Hill, Coldwell Lane, Stephen Hill, Watt Lane, Back Lane and Bole Hill Road will now be included on gritting routes.
Sheffield Council Cabinet Highways Committee meeting
List of roads amended as a result of consultation feedback (PDF, 61KB)
The planning application to extend the former coffee shop house located between Manchester Road and Lydgate Lane has been withdrawn.
Previously a public toilet, the building closed as a coffee shop in January 2011 and is currently a two-bedroom residential house. In April, plans were submitted to extend the house but it appears that these have now been withdrawn.
Regarding the Moor View Farm planning application, Councillor Geoff Smith has raised some concerns with the planning department about the drives to the intended houses at the back, the underground springs and coal workings.
The owners of the Jet petrol station and Mace store are keen to sell and have had several enquiries about the site. We’re not expecting to get news on the convenience store planning application until September.
Several roads in Crosspool are included in a list of streets that will no longer be gritted if new proposals come into force in October.
The Sheffield City Council winter road maintenance proposals affect 100 miles of road in the city and have come about due to cuts in funding from central government.
Affected local streets include Hagg Hill, Coldwell Lane, Stephen Hill, Watt Lane and Back Lane. You can see these streets highlighted on the council’s interactive online map.
For the full list of roads, download this PDF (660KB) and see the roads at the bottom marked ‘remove all’.
Residents are being invited to give their views on the proposals. You have until Friday 25 July 2014 to comment.
Sheffield City Council gritting proposals – including interactive online map
Have your say on the proposals
Crosspool’s Jet petrol station would be demolished and replaced with a retail development if a new planning application for the site is approved.
Application 14/01275/FUL would see the building of a double-storey A1-class retail unit with parking for ten cars. It would extend to 354 square meters gross internal area.
No occupier for the unit has been announced, but the application states that discussions with several parties are ongoing and that “it is anticipated that it will attract a general convenience store operator selling everyday items such as groceries, alcoholic and soft drinks, tobacco, and newspapers.”
Full details of the scheme are on the council website, including site plans and a detailed planning statement (PDF, 657KB).
You have until Monday 19 May  now extended to the 2nd June   to comment on the proposals.
This planning application follows the news last week that just up the road plans have been submitted for an extension to the former Crosspool Coffee Shop house.
Plans have been submitted for an extension to the former Crosspool Coffee Shop house located between Manchester Road and Lydgate Lane.
Previously a public toilet, the building closed as a coffee shop in January 2011 and is currently a two-bedroom residential house.
The new plans involve extending the house to to the kerb edge next to the phone box in order to accommodate additional reception rooms and bedrooms. A driveway entrance would be located on the Manchester Road side and the site plan indicates that trees would need to be removed to make room for the larger building.
You can comment on the application on the Sheffield City Council website. The standard consultation is due to end on Tuesday 20 May 2014, with a decision potentially being made on Tuesday 3 June 2014.
14/01290/FUL planning application for 315 Lydgate Lane, Sheffield S10 5FR
The campaign by Broomhill Library Action Group (BLAG) to save Broomhill library is reaching a head, with campaigners delivering leaflets and getting out and about in the community over the weekend.
The consultation period is due to end on Friday 10 January, so if you want to comment on the council proposals, you should do so before then.
BLAG is inviting Crosspool residents to join them and other library users from across the city to present petitions to the council at 1pm on Wednesday 8 January outside the Town Hall.
How you can protest against the closure of Broomhill library
Broomhill Library Action Group is inviting Crosspool residents to join them for a demonstration against the closure of the library outside Spar, Broomhill on Saturday 14 December between 10am and 12 noon.
How you can protest against the closure of Broomhill library
Crosspool’s growing population has resulted in Sheffield city council proposing to permanently expand Hallam Primary School from 60 places to 90 places per year.
The proposal would make the extra places available in all reception intakes at Hallam Primary from September 2015 onwards. The extra capacity is required as the sites of the two Lydgate schools are constrained and those schools are already larger than average.
Residents have until Sunday 8 December to have their say on the proposals at this stage. You can read more about them online and then comment using the following contact details:
Broomhill Forum is to hold a public meeting at 10.30am on Saturday 9 November at the Beacon Methodist Church, Fulwood Road, Broomhill, to discuss the future of Broomhill library and give people the chance to have their say.
The council have announced that 12 libraries across Sheffield are facing closure as part of planned budget cuts. Residents of Broomhill and Crosspool have also started an online petition to keep Broomhill library open.
View/sign the petition to keep Broomhill library open
Tell the council what you think
Residents of Broomhill and Crosspool have started an online petition to keep Broomhill library open.
The council have announced that 12 libraries across Sheffield are facing closure as part of planned budget cuts.
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