Latest wave of consultation set to start over controversial Sheffield housing plan
Housing plans have sparked protests over loss of green belt
Sheffield Council has opened up the latest round of consultation over its controversial housing plans, after Government inspectors ordered it to look at more brownfield sites for housing.
The Sheffield Local Plan is the long-term blueprint for how the city will grow and develop up to 2039.
It sets out where new homes, jobs, community facilities and infrastructure should be located.
After it was seen by Government planning inspectors, officials told the council that changes needed to be made to the plans.
After reviewing the consultation responses, the inspectors have told the council to carry out a further round of consultation on a number of additional changes, before they complete their final report.
Inspectors now say that six urban, non-green belt sites put forward by developers or landowners last May should be assessed by the council as potential housing land. They are Bardwell Road, Neepsend; Infield Lane Allotments; SHU Collegiate Campus; 2-4 Queens Road; Basset Place/Outram Road; Manor Lane Depot.
There has been huge controversy over the plans to include green belt land, with the vast majority of the proposed green belt sites in the S13 and S35 postcodes.
In a statement this week announcing the latest consultation, Sheffield Council said the inspectors would only consider matters relating to the proposed further main modifications to the Sheffield Plan, and matters related to habitats.
The latest consultation is scheduled to run for six weeks from September 14 until 5pm on October 26, 2026.
People will be able to comment online via the Have Your Say Sheffield website, by email or by post. Full details of how to take part, along with all consultation documents, will be available when the consultation opens.
When the current consultation closes, all representations will be passed to the Government planning inspectors for them to consider. Once the planning inspectors have completed their examination process, they will publish their final report.
If the Inspectors find the modified plan to be satisfactory, the council must decide whether to adopt the plan. This will be considered first by the Strategy and Resources Policy Committee before then being taken to the full council.
Online documents giving more details can be found at https://www.localplanservices.co.uk/sheffieldplan.