News

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

Highways Changes Should Pave the Way to Bolder Thinking
2nd June 2020
Safely enabling social distancing will require some level of ‘thinking outside the box’ through creative and sustainable changes to public spaces.

Save Cobden View Community Space
2nd June 2020
Over the recent bank holiday weekend, an 8 ft fence was erected around the community garden on Cobden View Rd in Crookes

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.

Owlthorpe Fields under threat
28th May 2020
Owlthorpe Fields serve as the only pedestrian accessible biodiverse green space where I live

Double Yellows Won’t Sort Veolia Problems
27th May 2020
The last couple of weeks has seen the household waste site at Blackstock Rd become so busy that traffic has been queuing hundreds of yards up the slip road and along Blackstock Rd

Rewilding verges can play an important role in tackling the climate emergency
26th May 2020
It’s good to see Streets Ahead trialling “Living Highway” wildflower verges on Bochum Parkway and on Halifax Road, approaching Grenoside.


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?

Statement from Sheffield Green councillors on school re-opening
20th May 2020
Sheffield Green councillors are supporting teachers’ unions, the BMA and comments by Sheffield’s DPH, in saying that schools are not ready to take in more children on June 1st