RESIDENTS are going back to a Sheffield planning board today to voice their objection to a homeless hostel for the second time.
In April the council rejected plans to build the hostel on Southey Green Road, after a divided planning board decided in a knife-edge vote the project would be too noisy and disturbing for residents, and the planned facilities were inadequate.
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the applicant has brought the project back before the board, and will argue it was previously rejected for "unreasonable" reasons thought to have little grounding in planning principles.
More than 235 signatures and 10 letters of objection have been lodged by neighbours, who have been backed by Brightside MP David Blunkett and ward councillor Alan Law.
South Yorkshire Police have also objected to the proposal.
Today the Sheffield Council west and north planning board will meet to discuss the plan, which officers have recommended for approval.
They will also decide on a controversial application for a perimeter fence around Nether Green Infant School.
More than 32 people have objected to the siting and height of an existing 1.8m high fence and a new 1.5m wooden fence around the school on Stumperlowe Park Road. The plan is recommended for approval.
A plan for a old people's care home in a Victorian building on Fulwood Road, which was originally built as the residence of the Master Cutler, is also set to be approved. No objections have been received by the council.
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