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13 hours ago
- Business
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Plan for 36 council homes backed by £4.1m grant
A project to build 36 new social rent homes on the site of a former care centre in Sheffield has been supported with a £4.1m grant from the government. Sheffield City Council has been awarded the money to develop Bolehill View, at the site of a former community care facility on Eastfield Road, off Northfield Road in Crookes. The scheme would see two blocks of one-bedroom flats built in an area of "high housing need," according to the council. Douglas Johnson, chair of the council's housing committee, said: "Sheffield, like the rest of the country, faces huge challenges when it comes to housing." Johnson said that providing "ample good quality homes at affordable prices for those who need them," was a priority for the local authority. Sheffield City Council has launched a 10-year plan to improve and increase its housing supply. A spokesperson for the authority said demand for good quality, affordable homes in the city had "never been higher". The authority is currently working towards formally accepting the conditions of the funding before work can begin at the site. The grant is the third to be awarded to Sheffield City Council this year by Homes England, the government's housing and regeneration agency. Dilys Jones, assistant director of affordable housing growth at Homes England, said the agency was pleased to be working with the council, "to increase the delivery of much-needed affordable homes in the city". The average private rent cost in Sheffield rose to £877 in February 2025, up from £824 the year before. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North More on this story Councillors announce social housing rent increase Compensation scheme for council tenants considered Related internet links Sheffield City Council Homes England
BBC News
13 hours ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Hillsborough's North Stand closed by Sheffield council
The North Stand of Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough ground has been closed by the city council because of concerns around its structural BBC reported earlier this month that the Championship club had been told to carry out repairs after "extensive corrosion" was found in the roof of the a statement, Sheffield City Council said assurances on this had not been provided and it had therefore placed a prohibition notice on the stand, preventing supporters from using first home game of the new season is against Stoke City on Saturday 16 August."We are regrettably in a position where we must issue a notice prohibiting spectators in the North Stand until we can be absolutely assured that the required work has been undertaken to the satisfaction of the council as certifying authority," said councillor Joe Otten, chair of the environmental services and regulation policy committee at Sheffield City Council."We have done this immediately, following an assessment by engineering specialists who can no longer confirm that the North Stand is safe for spectator use."We recognise that this is a very difficult situation, and we will continue working closely with the club and provide support and guidance where we can."We as much as anyone want to see the fans enjoying football at Sheffield Wednesday next season."This is the latest issue to hit the club in a tumultuous club have been placed under numerous embargoes because of financial issues, including wages being paid late in both May and June, and manager Danny Rohl left by mutual consent on Tuesday.
BBC News
13 hours ago
- Business
- BBC News
Plan for 36 Sheffield council homes backed by £4.1m grant
A project to build 36 new social rent homes on the site of a former care centre in Sheffield has been supported with a £4.1m grant from the City Council has been awarded the money to develop Bolehill View, at the site of a former community care facility on Eastfield Road, off Northfield Road in scheme would see two blocks of one-bedroom flats built in an area of "high housing need," according to the Johnson, chair of the council's housing committee, said: "Sheffield, like the rest of the country, faces huge challenges when it comes to housing." Johnson said that providing "ample good quality homes at affordable prices for those who need them," was a priority for the local City Council has launched a 10-year plan to improve and increase its housing supply. A spokesperson for the authority said demand for good quality, affordable homes in the city had "never been higher". The authority is currently working towards formally accepting the conditions of the funding before work can begin at the grant is the third to be awarded to Sheffield City Council this year by Homes England, the government's housing and regeneration Jones, assistant director of affordable housing growth at Homes England, said the agency was pleased to be working with the council, "to increase the delivery of much-needed affordable homes in the city".The average private rent cost in Sheffield rose to £877 in February 2025, up from £824 the year before. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
BBC News
5 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Sheffield council workers launch river clean-up drive
Sheffield City Council staff have ventured to the banks of the River Don armed with litter pickers as they launched a new partnership to clean up the city's authority has recruited community interest group Riverlution to remove rubbish, and council workers joined the team as work got under way - with plastic bottles, takeaway wrappers and even a discarded TV among the items said it removed invasive plant life and 118 tonnes of litter from more than 250,000 sq m of rivers within the past Miskell of the council's Transport, Regeneration and Climate Policy Committee said: "The Riverlution team has already done a remarkable job, and the project is only set to go from strength to strength." Council flood and water manager James Mead said the authority hoped the work would "set an example" to other land owners along the Sheffield's said appointing Riverlution had "added value" as it worked with local volunteers and offered apprenticeships and training. Council sustainability programme officer Laura Ellendale said the work was "really, really rewarding"."I spend a lot of time behind my desk writing things and working on project plans, so it's the opportunity to be out physically doing something to help as well," she said."Sometimes we forget the day-to-day, physical thing we're trying to fix." Riverlution apprentice Morton Brearley, 19, said helping to run volunteer days was part of his training said he had been inspired to become a water-based environment worker because he lived next to a river in Mosborough, where he played with friends."I've always had a thing with water, but when I was younger, I never thought I'd be able to do something like this," he said."It's definitely a big step up from just paddling."I stick my waders on now and I'm in the river litter picking, getting really stuck in."It's a really nice thing to do, it really makes a difference." Miskell said: "Sheffield was built on its rivers - they powered the Industrial Revolution and helped shape the identity of our city."Today, they remain vital assets, cherished by those who live near our blue corridors and enjoyed as places of nature, calm and connection."With a changing climate, these same rivers also can pose increasing risks, and flooding events that were once considered rare are now happening more frequently, threatening lives and our city's economic prosperity."That's why careful stewardship of our waterways is more important than ever and we all have to step up and play our part." Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds or catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
21-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
Council accused of creating 'serious hazard' at Graves Park
A park group has accused a council of creating a "serious health and safety hazard" by storing waste, including dog mess, at a disused plant Friends of Graves Park say Sheffield City Council's use of the former Norton Nurseries site is "unacceptable and illegal" and that the authority has ignored its requests to a letter to the council, Caroline Dewar, said: "The stench has been incredibly bad during the recent hot weather [and] has to be tolerated by local residents, passers-by, and people working on the site."Sheffield City Council, which will hear an application to licence the site until November later this week, said it had been looking for another site for its depot operations. Graves Park is owned by a charitable trust, of which the council is sole to the Charities Act 2011 the use any use of charity-owned land must solely benefit the charity, and not the Friends of Graves Park is preparing to restore the area currently used as a "dumping ground" and turn it into a woodland has already completed restoration of two areas of the nursery site, creating a meadow wildlife area and the first section of an arboretum. In her letter, Ms Dewar said: "Waste, including dog dirt, is being collected from at least 35 other parks and open spaces and dumped at the site, to be sorted and collected at a later date."This is a serious health and safety hazard. We have been requesting that this unacceptable and illegal waste collection be stopped and more suitable alternatives be introduced with immediate effect, but our requests are ignored."We now expect this practice to be discontinued, irrespective of decisions about the depot operations." In her letter, which was sent to councillors and MP Louise Haigh, Ms Dewar also raised concerns that some documents had been withheld from public view at a council meeting in June, according to the Local Democracy Reporting council said: "The advice is legal advice in respect of how to best advise the trust. It was commissioned by the Monitoring Officer."It remains legally privileged so that the committee may understand it."A meeting of the council's charity committee on Wednesday will consider granting the depot a licence until the end of November.A long-term plan for the parks department depot is due to be considered in September. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
