Douglas Johnson

Cash grants in City Ward
13th December 2020
Community groups, residents and businesses can apply for small grants of up to £500 for projects to improve the area…

Call for action on street drinking, knife crime and sexual abuse
1st December 2020
Green councillors are asking for improvements to the Licensing policy which is to be discussed at full council on Wednesday.…

A “dismal approach” to Licensing policy
9th November 2020
Green Party activists who help residents deal with alcohol licensing applications expressed disappointment at their concerns being dismissed.

Green Party comments on Ombudsman’s findings on tree-felling
3rd November 2020
Green Party councillors and activists have welcomed the Local Government Ombudsman’s report about Sheffield City Council’s abuse of the public over felling street trees.

Council leadership must take action to address Hanover tower whitewash
1st October 2020
After the horror of the Grenfell fire in June 2017, senior Sheffield Council officials moved quickly to reassure tenants that all its tower blocks were safe. They soon back-tracked after plastic cladding on Hanover Tower in Broomhall failed fire safety tests.

Old Coroner’s Court: Greens’ disappointment as official over-rules councillors
17th August 2020
Government Planning Inspector rules that demolition can go ahead.

Government spending on home insulation is very welcome
7th July 2020
News of the Government spending £3 billion pounds on insulation is very welcome. This is something that Greens have wanted for many years.

Greens comment on Old Coroner’s Court planning appeal
27th June 2020
The property developer who wanted to demolish the Old Coroner’s Court has appealed to the Planning Inspector against the refusal of planning permission by the council

Sheffield Greens comment on Owlthorpe planning application refusal
3rd June 2020
Sheffield Greens react to the news that councillors rejected the planning application by Avant Homes to build 74 executive houses on a greenfield site at Owlthorpe

Owlthorpe Fields planning objection
29th May 2020
Councillor Douglas Johnson has submitted a comment on the application by Avant Homes on the planning application for greenfield land at Owlthorpe Fields.