Douglas Johnson

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.


Active Travel – what went wrong?
22nd May 2020
There’s been a surge in walking and cycling in the pandemic. Government has promised extra billions. It’s what Greens have campaigned for, for many years. So how is it looking in Sheffield?

Sheffield Green Party voice concern as council restricts public say on planning decisions in Sheffield
12th May 2020
Greens Cllr Douglas Johnson and Brian Holmshaw comment on anti-democratic changes to Planning Committees that restrict the right to speak for both the public and community stakeholder groups

Death on Palms Row
7th May 2020
It is disappointing that the Star article on the areas with the highest Coronavirus death rate in the city referred to the “large Roma population, some of whom have been seen flouting the strict lockdown rules”

Lock-down should not mean watering down democracy
30th April 2020
Green councillor Douglas Johnson commented after Labour and LibDem councillors voted for more decision-making to be made by officers, not elected councillors, under emergency arrangements.