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8 May, 20119 May, 2011

Meet new councillor Geoff Smith at our Open Meeting tomorrow

Crosspool Forum Open Meeting, Monday 9 May 2011 (PDF, 389KB)

Our newly elected local councillor Geoff Smith has his first opportunity since the elections last week to acquaint himself with his constituents when he attends the Crosspool Forum Open Meeting on Monday.

Everyone is invited, so why not come along and have your say? It starts at 7pm at St Columba’s Church.

Agenda for Crosspool Forum Open Meeting, Monday 9 May 2011 (Word document, 33KB)

Open Meeting Facebook event

Open Meeting, Monday 9 May 2011: provisional agenda

9 May 2011, 7pm

Minutes of last meeting to be approved
Bullet points
Matters arising:
Chairman’s report:
New computer course (internet best practice)
Car Boot sale (Weston Park Hospital)
Summer Fayre (Full Size light aircraft on site)
Darwin House open day 18th June (Best of British concert)
Convenience store latest
Crosspool Clarion
Funding
Festival update:
Treasurer’s report:
Police Liaison: Police update on the area’s crime and concerns.
Guest Speakers: Carrie McKenzie (Voluntary Action Sheffield) – a comprehensive awareness of the Digital Switchover, due to take place from 3 August 2011. www.vas.org.uk/services/digitaloutreach/index
Council officials: Due to restructuring , Community Assembly officials are only permitted to attended meetings if there are any relevant items or concerns relating to the assembly’s role within the community.
Planning and Highways: Hopefully councillors will be reporting back on the request, by local residents, to make the Benty lane /Stephen Hill junction
with Manchester Road safer.
Questions & Answers with Councillors: Invitations have been sent to the current Councillors, Brian Holmes, Sylvia Anginotti and John Hesketh. These may change after the 5th May.
Any other business

6 May, 20116 May, 2011

Crookes local election result: Labour win seat back from Lib Dems

Labour’s Geoff Smith has taken the Crookes ward seat from the Liberal Democrat John Hesketh.

Geoff collected 2,916 votes, while John received 2,397. Green Party candidate Julian Crossland came third with 1,174 votes and Conservative candidate John Levick took just 874 votes. The turnout for Crookes ward was 52.8%.

Overall in the city, Labour now has 49 councillors out of a total of 84, taking nine seats from the Liberal Democrats who have 32.

Sheffield City Council: local election 2011 results

BBC News: Labour takes control of Sheffield City Council

3 May, 20115 May, 2011

Local elections and AV vote in Crosspool this Thursday

Stephen Hill church polling station in Crosspool

Local residents will be voting in the local council elections and Alternative Vote referendum on Thursday.

For the local elections Crosspool lies in the Crookes ward, where there are four candidates standing:

If any candidates read this, it would be great if they could comment below to sum up why Crosspool residents should vote for them.

The electorate will also be deciding whether to vote for or against a change from First Past The Post to the Alternative Vote polling system for future general elections.

Some residents will be moving polling station from Stephen Hill church on Benty Lane to Hallam FC’s ground on Sandygate Road.

Full details of where you should vote will be printed on your polling card. If you haven’t received your polling card by the election date you can still vote in person at your local polling station. You will need to take some form of ID with you.

Polling stations map

Sheffield local elections May 2011

29 Apr, 20119 May, 2011

Agenda for Crosspool Forum Open Meeting, Monday 9 May 2011

You are invited to Crosspool Forum’s Open Meeting on Monday 9 May at St Columba’s Church. It starts at 7pm.

A provisional agenda is below. Come along to give your concerns on local issues to local councillors, the police and council officials.

Agenda for Crosspool Forum Open Meeting, Monday 9 May 2011 (Word document, 33KB)

Open Meeting Facebook event

Open Meeting, Monday 9 May 2011: provisional agenda

9 May 2011, 7pm

Minutes of last meeting to be approved
Bullet points
Matters arising:
Chairman’s report:
New computer course (internet best practice)
Car Boot sale (Weston Park Hospital)
Summer Fayre (Full Size light aircraft on site)
Darwin House open day 18th June (Best of British concert)
Convenience store latest
Crosspool Clarion
Funding
Festival update:
Treasurer’s report:
Police Liaison: Police update on the area’s crime and concerns.
Guest Speakers: Carrie McKenzie (Voluntary Action Sheffield) – a comprehensive awareness of the Digital Switchover, due to take place from 3 August 2011. www.vas.org.uk/services/digitaloutreach/index
Council officials: Due to restructuring, Community Assembly officials are only permitted to attended meetings if there are any relevant items or concerns relating to the assembly’s role within the community.
Planning and Highways: Hopefully councillors will be reporting back on the request, by local residents, to make the Benty lane /Stephen Hill junction
with Manchester Road safer.
Questions & Answers with Councillors: Invitations have been sent to the current Councillors, Brian Holmes, Sylvia Anginotti and John Hesketh. These may change after the 5th May.
Any other business

28 Apr, 201129 Apr, 2011

Dransfield Road street lights could take 30 days to repair

On Saturday 23 April, the Dransfield Road street lights failed to come on.

Street Force were informed and have now got back in touch today to say that the fault is with the underground cable and it could take up to 30 days to repair:

The problem with the street light son Dransfield Road is now caused by a fault on the underground cable network owned and operated by Yorkshire Electricity Distribution Ltd. (YEDL) and has been passed to them. They were notified of the fault (Ref: 261958) yesterday.

YEDL work to repair faults within 30 working days of them receiving notification, however, their priority is to maintain the supply to housing, which in some cases, may mean that street lighting faults take slightly longer to resolve.

Contact will be made with YEDL to try and speed up the investigation and repair of the fault.

In the meantime, drivers and pedestrians are advised to take extra care on Dransfield Road after dark.

25 Apr, 201125 Apr, 2011

Green waste sacks available again

If you’ve had a busy Easter weekend in the garden, you’ll be pleased to know that green garden refuses sacks are available once again and the collection service appears to be back in full swing.

It seems that you can once again pick up green plastic sacks for garden refuse from all the places across the city we were using such as libraries, housing offices and First Point locations.

Having filled between three and 12 bags it is your responsibility to contact Veolia on 0114 273 4567 to arrange collection which will be within the following 20 working days. Soil, rocks, large logs will not be collected. If you do not ring Veolia they will not pick up your sacks even if they are left out on the path or verge.

Meanwhile, the reusable hessian sack scheme for green waste that was announced last November has been scrapped following the budget cuts to local authority spending. Plastic sacks were seen as a more affordable alternative.

Green waste collection in Sheffield

Green waste sacks — Plastic green waste sacks: more affordable than the proposed hessian bag scheme

14 Apr, 2011

Crosspool schools in ice cream van row

The council’s licensing board meets today to discuss concerns from Tapton and King Edward VII lower school teachers regarding the safety of pupils as they are drawn onto Darwin Lane at busy times in order to buy from the ice cream van.

In January, a boy was hit crossing the road to reach the van. Ice cream man Chris Turner has been trading on the site since May 1971.

Sheffield Star: Schools in ice cream van row

Police attend the scene of the accident on Darwin Lane — A boy was hit crossing the road to reach the ice cream van in January

13 Apr, 201113 Apr, 2011

Convenience store planning application appeal dismissed

The Planning Inspectorate today published its decision regarding the Lydgate Lane convenience store planning application and has concluded that the appeal is to be dismissed.

The appeal decision document (PDF, 98KB) gives the full reasoning for its dismissal, citing the main issue as highway safety being compromised by the proposed development. Alison Lea, the Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, concludes:

“…the lack of adequate off street parking and servicing provision would be likely to lead to conditions which would be prejudicial to highway safety and that this would be contrary to Policy S10 of the Sheffield Unitary Development Plan which provides that in Shopping Areas new development will be permitted provided that, amongst other matters, it would provide safe access to the highway network and appropriate off-street parking and not endanger pedestrians.”

Download the appeal decision document (PDF, 98KB)

The original planning application was made last August. Following the planning officer’s recommendation for refusal, it was rejected by the Council. An appeal by the applicant followed and today is was announced that this has been dismissed. A more detailed summary of events can be found here.

Motor World, Lydgate Lane, Crosspool — The convenience store planning application appeal for the premises currently occupied by Motor World on Lydgate Lane has been dismissed

23 Mar, 201124 Apr, 2011

Polling station changes for local elections and referendum in May

Sheffield City Council’s Returning Office is communicating with the Crosspool electorate to advise of changes to polling stations for the 2011 local elections and referendum.

Some residents will be moving polling station from Stephen Hill church on Benty Lane to Hallam FC’s ground on Sandygate Road.

The communication reads:

Following the general election in 2010 the Returning Officer held a review which recommended increasing the number of poling stations. In addition some established polling stations are unavailable for this May’s elections.

Full details of where you should vote will be printed on your polling card. The deadline for registering to vote is Thursday 14 April.

Updated polling stations map

Sheffield local elections May 2011

Sandygate, the oldest football ground in the world — Sandygate: a new polling station in the May 2011 local elections for some Crosspool residents

8 Mar, 2011

Submit a transport service request to Sheffield City Council

Sheffield city council is inviting suggestions for how to improve traffic flow, road safety or change facilities for road/pavement users in the city.

Crosspool residents can go to www.sheffield.gov.uk/roads/report/transport-service-requests to register requests, or alternatively you can call the council on 0114 273 5907.

All the requests will be considered and acknowledged within seven days, and the assessment will generally be undertaken within around three to four months. Information regarding the outcome will be announced when the Community Assembly has made a decision.