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Hostel plan is rejected
A GROUP of Sheffield residents have succeeded in stopping a homeless hostel being built on their estate - for the second time this year.
Councillors threw out plans to build a bed and breakfast for 21 people on Southey Green Road, after a divided planning board voted the project would bring disruption and noise to the area.
The application was made to Sheffield Council's west and north planning board for the second time, after the developer argued its rejection in April had been made on illegitimate grounds.
More than 235 signatures and 10 letters of objection were lodged by neighbours, who were backed by Brightside MP David Blunkett and ward councillor Alan Law.
Acting Inspector Dominic Williams of Ecclesfield police station told councillors the area already suffered from severe problems with drugs, alcohol and anti-social behaviour, and a hostel in that location would make it worse.
One resident told the board: "We are tired and weary of all the problems our area has to suffer, and we don't want any more."
But Jim Lomas, of planning agents DLP Planning, said leaving the building empty would provide more problems than it would solve, and the proposal was for a valid use.
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