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The coffee shop situated on the plot between Manchester Road and Lydgate Lane has now closed.
An application to change the use so it could become a house was accepted by the council last year. The two-bedroomed property been put on the market for £264,950 and now includes planning consent for a drive.
Former Crosspool coffee shop, 315 Lydgate Lane property on rightmove.co.uk
Hallam FC have appointed former Sheffield Wednesday player Julian Watts as their new manager following last week’s 4-2 home defeat against Liversedge.
Watts replaces outgoing manager Kenny Geelan and takes charge of the Countrymen who are currently propping up the Northern Counties East League Premier Division with just 10 points from 21 games.
His first match in charge is on Saturday 29 January at Sandygate against Selby Town 5 Feburary at Sandygate against Thackley.
The window for residents to comment on the appeal for the proposed convenience store on Lydgate Lane in the premises currently occupied by Motor World closes on Wednesday 26 January.
Grounds of appeal document for 10/02657/FUL (PDF, 584KB)
The detail is in the document. If you read it you will see that the appeal:
If you have a view on the appeal then please submit your comments using one of the methods below before this Wednesday 26 January:
On Monday 17 January a one-year-old cat called Charlie went missing from her home on Dransfield Road. Have you seen her?
Charlie is a white short-haired cat with tabby markings on her tail and head. She is long in the body, very friendly and an adventurous climber.
The owners are asking whether local residents could check garages, basements, greenhouses and sheds in case she is trapped inside.
If you think you might have seen Charlie, please get in touch with owners Bill and Jeanette on 0114 230 2369 or 07876 747394.
As children left the local schools at home time on Wednesday 19 January, a boy was hit by a bus travelling down Darwin Lane.
After receiving emergency treatment from paramedics for a head injury, the boy was taken to hospital as a matter of caution. We wish him a speedy recovery.
The photos below were taken sometime after the accident at approximately 4.40pm on Wednesday.
Local residents are being consulted on two options to make it easier to cross the road in Broomhill at the Crookes Road/Fulwood Road/Nile Street/Whitham Road junction.
One proposal would see vehicles banned from turning left from Fulwood Road into Crookes Road and an extra crossing inserted on Fulwood Road between the benches outside Cream coffee shop and Help the Aged:
The other option includes a slip road from Fulwood Road up to Crookes Road and would result in the loss of two parking spaces from the adjacent shopping parade.
Any changes will be of interest to readers of this website as they could indirectly affect the flow of traffic on both Lydgate Lane and also Manchester Road, two of the key routes up to Crosspool.
A Sheffield Star article says that members of Broomhill Forum have indicated a preference for the second option but final judgement is being reserved until more views are known.
Yesterday it was announced that Artisan restaurant in Crosspool has retained its status as a Bib Gourmand in the latest Michelin Guide.
Restaurants are named Bib Gourmands for offering good food at moderate prices. Eat Sheffield has pointed out that it is now the fifteenth year that Richard Smith’s Crosspool restaurant has been named a Bib Gourmand.
Featured restaurants in 2011 Michelin Guide
A planning application (10/03887/FUL) has been submitted for the Hallamshire Hotel building on Lydgate Lane. It proposes that the former pub is demolished to make way for four dwelling houses, two apartments and detached garage block.
The planning, design and access statement (PDF, 515KB) for the application states:
There has been a succession of short term tenants, all of whom have failed to successfully operate a sustainable and profitable business. Clearly licensed use for this site is no longer the most viable form of operation.
The pub has been closed for several months now, with the windows boarded up.
Residents have until 25 January 2011 to comment on the application.
Planning application 10/03887/FUL
On Wednesday this week there is a meeting in the Bole Hills pavilion to discuss the proposed tree planting on Bole Hills Rec and also the possible formation of a Friends of Bole Hills community group.
For more information contact Edward Thatcher, Community Forester on 0114 273 4303 or email edward.thatcher@sheffield.gov.uk.
Information about Bole Hills tree planting (Word document, 1.4MB)
Bole Hills meeting on Wednesday 19 January 2011 flyer (Word document, 1MB)
We’ve been finding out a bit more information about Thursday’s explosion and fire in the flat above the chemist in the Crosspool shopping precinct.
The exact cause of how the fire started just after 9:05am is not known. The tenant suspects that it was probably sparked by an electrical fault.
Nicky, Pharmacist at the Crosspool (Greencross) Chemist said, “We realised there was a problem when we heard two loud bangs from the apartment above. the tenant and myself battled the fire with extinguishers in an attempt to quell the flames, but soon realised that the fire was too fierce.”
Passer-by Patrick Scott, caretaker at Lydgate School, encouraged Nicky and the tenant to leave the premises and call the fire brigade. Thankfully no-one sustained serious injuries.
The first indication for shoppers in the precinct that there was something wrong, was when black smoke was seen billowing from the rear of the apartment at around 9:15am, and the swift arrival of two fire engines.
Fire fighters soon had the fire under control, and the building was declared safe, with the chemist shop reopening later that morning.
Other than smoke damage to the flat and the chemist below sustaining minor water damage, the majority of damage, largely as a result of the tenant’s presence of mind to close interior doors, was confined to the apartment’s lounge and its contents.
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