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Some examples of the Planning Applications in the 1990s which have concerned BANG: Applications
impacting on old houses Development of the old houses and grounds (built in the mid to late 19th Century) Nov.
1996 The other major
[planning] application that BANG and nearby
residents are opposing is a single storey extension
to the ground floor flat to be used as a veterinary
clinic, St. Cecilia House, 65 Westbourne Road. The
extension is about two-thirds of the frontage of
the house and reaches the boundary with the
adjoining Clarkehouse Road houses. Quite apart from
the nuisance caused by having a veterinary clinic,
with kennels, as part of a block of flats (which is
what the house is), this house has just been Grade
II listed in the recent English Heritage Listings
and the extension will completely alter the front
of the house. The house, the
only one in Broomhill to be included in The
Building News (1868) is described thus:- We this
week draw the attention of our readers to the
design of a house lately erected for Mr. Stacy,
pianoforte dealer, in the Victoria-park, Broomhill,
a very pleasant and fashionable suburb to the now
rapidly increasing town of Sheffield. The
architects of this work, Messrs. M.E. Hadfield and
Son, of the same town, have taken the opportunity
of introducing into the bay window a
cleverly-executed relievo, from the design of J.F.
Bently, Esq., by Mr. Phyffers, of Pimlico, the well
known sculptor. (The motif is of St. Cecilia). The
cost of building this house contributed to
bankrupting William T. Stacy and the house passed
to the auctioneer William Bush, who lived there
until 1906. The house was occupied as a family
residence until about 1930, when it became offices
for the National Health Insurance about 1930 and
was severely damaged by a land mine during the
1939-45 war. It was rebuilt as five
flats. There is also
an application to prolong the planning application,
granted in 1991 for the use of this house as
offices. Aug.
1995 Planning
application 95/0670P - Use of dwelling for
educational purposes, 169 Northumberland Road. This
is the Hidden part of the semi with 171, which is
the School of Journalism. The house is currently a
private residence with probably the best kept
garden in Broomhill. We are concerned that if the
whole house becomes a University department, then
before too long there will be an application to
extend it, or worse still demolish it to build a
new department. Nov.
1994 Oakholme, now
part of Crewe Hall, was built by the solicitor
Benjamin Burbeary in 1827 and lived in by him and
his family for the next 18 years. It was then
bought by Thomas Wilson, a cutlery manufacturer,
one of whose sisters married Frederick Thorpe
Mappin. Thomas died in 1905 and his estate was sold
in four lots. The house became the residence of the
Leonard Hedley Burrows, the first Bishop of
Sheffield, in 1914 but he did not like it and it
was sold to the University in 1918 and became a
hall for women students until 1932. When Crewe Hall
was built in 1936 it became the warden's
house. Feb.
1992 After refusing
an application for the erection of a house with
integral garage and 3 flats, both within the
curtilage of 24 Tapton House Road, permission has
been granted for the erection of a dwelling house
on land adjoining 32 Hallamgate Road and 24 Tapton
House Road! Planning permission has also been
granted for the use of 65 Westbourne Road as
offices (it is at present flats). Permission was
also granted for the demolition of Fairfield, 274
Fulwood Road, which was damaged in a mysterious
fire whilst uninhabited, some two years ago. An
application has been made for the erection of 2
houses and a bungalow on the site. The conversion
of the former tyre and car repair premises on the
corner of Peel Street and Glossop Road into a Netto
supermarket is proceeding rapidly. This site has
until now always been associated with transport. It
started life as a livery stable in about 1854 and
became Collises cab yard some six years later. The
cab yard lasted until about 1910 when the advent of
the motor car changed its use into a garage which
in some form or another it had remained until
now. Aug.
1990 BANG is
objecting to a recent application to extend 59
Whitham Road - the house on the Tree Root Walk
corner, where you may have noticed there has been a
great clearance of soil recently. Our objection is
based on the grounds that this was the lodge to
"Westbourne", one of the four large properties in
the area. "Westbourne" was built around 1820. The
estate was broken up in 1883, when Severn Road and
Beaufort Road were built. The house became a girls
school and finally a church. It was demolished in
1982, when the new Christian Science Church was
built. The planning permission would just about
double the size of the present building and thus
destroy the character of the only early 19th
century building left in Broomhill. May
1990 Permission has
been granted for the alteration and extension of
Rutledge House, 78 Clarkehouse Road to form office
accommodation and the provision of car parking
spaces. We shall, however, oppose the new
application to demolish Rutledge House. This was
originally built about 1858 as the Victoria Park
Hotel and although its life as a hotel only lasted
until 1863, the composer Sterndale Bennett is known
to have stayed there during at least one of his
return visits to his native town. The house was
then bought by Samuel Osborn who lived in it for
some ten years. It became a nursing home in 1906
and an old people's home after the last war. Too
many properties in Broomhill have in the past been
destroyed needlessly. Another recent
application, which threatens two of the few
pre-Victorian houses in the area, is that for the
conversion of 3 & 5 Westbourne Road into
offices. BANG have opposed this application on the
basis of reducing the number of residential
properties in the area, introducing yet more
offices into a residential area and traffic
congestion. These houses, with Nos. 11, 13 and 15
were originally known as Broomhill Terrace and were
built shortly after the completion of the Mount in
1834. They were part of the 1830s building boom
during which the Broomhill Tavern was built, the
now vanished houses in Peel Street, most of the
shops on Fulwood Road between Glossop Road and Nile
Street, including the properties demolished in the
1960s to make way for the Arndale Centre, the shops
from Turners Lane to 4 Crooks Road, the houses and
shops in the Nile Street/Whitham Road/Newbould Lane
triangle, a number of the houses on the left hand
side (going up) of Parkers Road and the terrace of
which Ellis's shops and Dora Webster, on Whitham
Road, are the only remnants.
Applications
impacting on old houses
Other planning applications - excluding housing, schools and universities from the
Banger Ashdell House
Colin Wilmshurst writes: Thanks to the
active support of BANG and the vast majority ot our
neighbours, Westbourne School now owns Ashdell
House and the adjoining sunken garden. Our purpose
is to use this site for a maximum of 90 girls and
boys aged 13 to 16 (GCSE). As I write, the house is
being re-roofed; the next stage will be to
transform the interior of the building, including
turning the Coach House into an Art and Design
Centre. There will be a new road in from Ashdell
Road, providing a drop-off and pick-up zone for
parents. As for the sunken garden, we will be
consulting an arboreal expert for advice on how to
restore it to at from the
Banger An Ashgate Road
cafe/restaurant and art gallery BANG members
will also remember that Wolverhampton & Dudley
had an application in for a pub at 9-13 Ashgate
Road. This application was suspended to allow an
application from Fable, a Sheffield-based charity
supporting people with epilepsy. This application
was for alterations and extensions to the existing
building to form a ground floor cafe/restaurant and
art gallery, first floor artists' workshop and
offices and second floor shared living
accommodation. Councillors approved a revised
scheme, although they insisted that the cafe closes
at 7.00 p.m. to avoid noise and disruption for
people living nearby. Italian cafe
life on its way to Broomhill? Dec.
1997 to provide more
parking space at the rear of this block of shops
[473-475 Glossop Road], which includes the
Beau Deli. The former Travel Agent has become
Amano, selling knitwear. There is as yet no news
about the former shoe shop. Sept.
1997 Broomhall
Methodist Church and Flats Work has
progressed rapidly since the Foundation Stone was
laid on 17 May. Work is on schedule for the opening
of the church in February next year. (ADD DRAWING
and COMPARE WITH NOW!!) Permission has
been granted for 204 Whitham Road (the former
butcher's shop) to become a cafe, hot food takeaway
and delicatessen and work on this conversion has
just started. The block on
Glossop Road which contains the Beau Deli has been
bought but there is no information about the
intended use of the empty shops on either side of
the Deli. May
1997 Following the
AGM there was a presentation of the plans for the
new Methodist church, which will be known as the
Broomhill Methodist Church. There will be three
small meeting rooms as well as the use of the
church for large meetings of up to 150. We were
asked for ideas for activities which could be held
in the church and also for suggestions of what we
would like the church to do for Broomhill
residents. Feb.
1997 Some Good
News The single
storey extension to St. Cecilia House, 65
Westbourne Road, and the use of the extension and
part of the house as a Veterinary clinic was
refused on the grounds that the increase in
traffic, the noise and the likelihood of smells
affecting adjoining residential properties would
detract from the residential amenities of the
locality. There are
currently two more applications for hot food
takeaways - one at 481 Glossop Road, the former
travel agent, and the other at 204 Whitham Road,
the short lived Continental grocer. In the latter
case the application is also for a cafe. We have
objected to both applications on the basis that
there are already too many similar outlets in both
locations. Nov.
1996 The other major
application that BANG and nearby residents are
opposing is a single storey extension to the ground
floor flat to be used as a veterinary clinic, St.
Cecilia House, 65 Westbourne Road. The extension is
about two-thirds of the frontage of the house and
reaches the boundary with the adjoining Clarkehouse
Road houses. Quite apart from the nuisance caused
by having a veterinary clinic, with kennels, as
part of a block of flats ( which is what the house
is), this house has just been Grade II listed in
the recent English Heritage Listings and the
extension will completely alter the front of the
house. The house, the
only one in Broomhill to be included in The
Building News (1868) is described thus:- We this
week draw the attention of our readers to the
design of a house lately erected for Mr. Stacy,
pianoforte dealer, in the Victoria-park, Broomhill,
a very pleasant and fashionable suburb to the now
rapidly increasing town of Sheffield. The
architects of this work, Messrs. M.E. Hadfield and
Son, of the same town, have taken the opportunity
of introducing into the bay window a
cleverly-executed relievo, from the design of J.F.
Bently, Esq., by Mr. Phyffers, of Pimlico, the
well-known sculptor. (The motif is of St. Cecilia.)
The cost of building this house contributed to
bankrupting William T. Stacey and the house passed
to the auctioneer William Bush, who lived there
until 1906. The house was occupied as a family
residence until about 1930, when it became offices
for the National Health Insurance about 1930 and
was severely damaged by a land mine during the
1939-45 war. It was rebuilt as 5 flats. There is
also an application to prolong the planning
application, granted in 1991 for the use of this
house as offices. The former St.
Mark's Church Hall in Ashgate Road, currently used
for storage by the City libraries department is to
be sold. City Council planners say that the
building would be likely to get planning permission
for student accommodation and could expect to raise
around £70,000. Contracts with
the private sector are expected to be signed early
next spring in the long running saga of Stone
Grove, Sheffield's new women's hospital. It is due
to open in 1999! Nov.
1995 1/la
Taptonville Road - the application by DL Company
for use as offices with some storage facilities was
granted, but the house has since been sold, by
auction, and we understand that it will be used for
residential purposes, either as a house or as
flats. The extensions
to the Muslim Welfare Centre, 10-12 Severn Road has
been granted despite protest from local residents
and BANG. The only new
application of any real significance is 95/5809P -
use of the ground floor of building for the sale of
takeaway hot food, 443 Glossop Road (the former
computer shop). We have opposed this application on
the basis of too many takeaways in the
area. Aug.
1995 95/0432P - Use
of building as student accommodation, Former
Johnson Memorial Home, by ATS Investments. This was
one of three applications for the site and was
unfortunately granted on 11 August, despite
objections from BANG. 95/0628P - Use
of building as offices and stores, l/la Taptonville
Road. The application is by DL Company, a firm that
deal in industrial racking and partitions. This
application is being strongly opposed by BANG and
by nearby residents and shop keepers. 95/0665P - Two
single storey extensions to Muslim Welfare Centre,
10-12 Severn Road - this is the latest in a number
of applications to extend this centre. May
1995 Applications
for T/A Depot Stores (261-263 Fulwood Road) and the
Sandwich Shop at 13 Crookes Road to become hot food
takeaways have been refused, but that for Porter
Prints (205 Whitham Road) has not yet been decided.
The application for the disused public toilets
opposite the Hallamshire Hospital to become a
takeaway and tea garden was granted. The situation
concerning the building of the new Methodist Church
and the associated housing is more hopeful since
means have been found of raising the money for
starting the building of the church before selling
the Carver Street premises. Feb.
1995 The application
for a food kiosk/tea garden using the former public
lavatory building at the Glossop Road, Clarkehouse
Road junction opposite the Hallamshire Hospital has
been granted planning permission. The proposed
restaurant/takeaway at 261-263 Fulwood Road has,
however, been refused. The application for the 85
bed nursing home in Melbourne Avenue was due to
come before the Planning Committee in December, but
was withdrawn two minutes before the meeting began
for altered plans to be submitted. Nov.
1994 The planning
application for the erection of a three storey, 85
bed nursing home and the provision of car parking
accommodation in Melbourne Avenue has not yet come
before the Planning Committee. There is an
application (94/1240P) for the use of 261-263
Fulwood Road as a restaurant/takeaway, by T/A Depot
Stores Ltd. We have objected to this application on
the grounds that there are already 19 outlets for
takeaway food, two restaurants and four public
houses in Broomhill, with one restaurant and three
cafes on that stretch of Fulwood Road. There is also
an application to use 200 Whitham Road as a
licensed betting office to which we are not
objecting. There used to be a betting office next
to Knights on Fulwood Road and this is one amenity
which Broomhill has not had for some years now. At
least it should not generate litter. Aug
1994 There is
another major planning application 94/0848P for the
erection of a three storey, 85 bed nursing home and
the provision of car parking accommodation (26
spaces) and alteration to means of vehicular access
in Melbourne Avenue. May
1994 Permission has
been granted for the use of 5 Clarkehouse Road as
offices and 7 Clarkehouse Road, Lynwood, as a
public house. The proceeds from the sale of these
properties will be used to build the new block at
King Edward's School. The much more
contentious application to build the student
accommodation blocks on the land at the bottom of
Lynwood has not yet reached the Planning
Committee. The application
for the erection of a block of six flats within the
garden of 23 Southbourne Road will probably reach
the Planning Committee on 9 May. This application
has been objected to by BANG and by the residents
of Southbourne and Westbourne Roads. There will be
representatives present at the hearing and we can
only hope for the best. A report on the outcome
will appear in the next issue of the
BANGER. Feb.
1994 Permission has
been granted for 1 Spooner Road, the former frozen
food shop, to be used as a takeaway food shop, but
so-far there is no sign of any activity on the
premises. There has been
an application to turn the disused public toilets
at the corner of Clarkehouse Road and Glossop Road,
opposite the Hallamshire Hospital, into a sandwich
bar! This is only one amongst a number of
applications for properties which the Council is
hoping to dispose of. There are at
present three applications for 5 & 7
Clarkehouse Road the much neglected buildings which
were previously used by King Edward's School. One
is an application for the extension and alteration
of No. 7, Lynwood, into a public house and a second
one for the use of No. 5 as offices. Both these
applications would at least ensure that as much as
possible of the two buildings would be
preserved. The worrying
application is the third one for the land at the
bottom of the site to be used for the erection of
three blocks accommodation for 276 Hallam
University students. Local residents are worried
that the three and four storey blocks will destroy
much of the wood and wildlife that has developed on
this site over much of this century. Although
officially in Broomhall BANG is also objecting to
this over development of the site. There is also
an application to build a four storey block of 24
student flats on the site of Fairfield, 274 Fulwood
Road. The former house was demolished after a
mysterious fire on empty premises with all the
services disconnected and a successful appeal by
the developers against the council, who had tried
to preserve the remains of the building. Nov.
1993 Although formal
planning permission was granted in September for
the construction of the new Jessop Hospital in
Stone Grove, the start has been delayed. Hospital
finances are currently under review and no decision
has been announced as to a starting
date. Aug.
1993 The appeal by
Wake Smith & Co. against the decision by the
Council to refuse planning permission for a second
storey extension to the existing office building at
the corner of Rutland Park and Clarkehouse Road was
held on 19 May....The appeal was dismissed largely
on the grounds that the addition of a further floor
to a building that is out of character with the
other buildings in the area would exacerbate its
present appearance. The proposal would also
unacceptably intensify the development on the
site. A proposal to
alter 189-191 Whitham Road for use as a restaurant
and the provision of car parking at the rear, with
access from Beech Hill Road, was opposed by BANG
and by several nearby residents. The Council have
refused to grant planning permission on the grounds
that the development would result in an increase in
on-street parking, because of the lack of
sufficient parking spaces on site. The Council also
consider that the development would be detrimental
to the amenities of the locality and to occupiers
of nearby houses. A third
development to which BANG have objected over the
years is also coming to an end. The extension of
planning permission for the continuation of the use
of land for the storage of plant and equipment and
materials in Turners Lane by IRL Ltd. has been
refused. The grounds are that the access is
inadequate and causes a traffic hazard to
pedestrians and vehicles and that the appearance of
the site detracts from the visual amenity of the
surrounding area. These were the grounds on which
we objected to the original application! Better
late than never. May
1993 Despite
objections from BANG and from Lawson Road
residents, permission has been granted for the
alteration and extension of 5 Lawson Road for use
as a doctor's surgery. Our objection was based on
the loss of a family house and on the increased
traffic and parking that will be created in an
already busy road, with no access for cars from
Fulwood Road. Nov.
1992 Permission has
been granted for the building of the Methodist
church and the South Yorkshire Housing Association
flats on Fulwood Road/Ashdell Road. Aug.
1992 The application
for a second floor extension to offices at 46
Rutland Park and 68 Clarkehouse Road has been
refused as being an inappropriate over development
of the site. Feb.
1992 Planning
permission has been refused for the erection of 6
flats and car parking spaces on the land behind
Moor Oaks Road, Marlborough Road and Dalkeith
Terrace, on the grounds of over-intensification of
use of a sub-standard access and of being contrary
to the Draft Unitary Plan which seeks to protect
and enhance Areas of Special Character. Permission
has also been refused for the use of 187 Whitham
Road as a take-away for hot food. Nov.
1991 Planning
permission has been refused for the use of 20
Ashgate Road as a hostel on the grounds that the
proposed development would be detrimental to the
amenities of the neighbourhood and would contravene
the Draft Unitary Development Plan. Approval has
been granted for the erection of four flats and
parking spaces in Turners Lane, on the land
opposite the newly erected houses and offices. We
have objected to a recent application for an
extension of planning permission to use the same
land for the storage of plant, equipment and
materials, on the grounds that this would delay the
construction of the flats and that the present site
is an eyesore for the occupiers of the newly
finished houses and offices. Other planning
applications we have objected to include: the
alteration of 89 Clarkehouse Road for use as
offices; and the use of 187 Whitham Road (Scissors
in Action) for use as a hot take-away. BANG have
also objected to the use of 125 Newbould Lane as
consulting rooms, without even an application for
planning permission. Aug.
1991 We have
objected to an application for the use of 20
Ashgate Road as a DHSS hostel. We have also
objected to an application to build an office block
at the Southbourne Road end of Melbourne Avenue and
to the conversion of 65 Westbourne Road to
offices. Feb.
1991 Despite a
concerted effort by both BANG and nearby residents,
permission has been granted for the conversion of
the Red House and 28 Tapton House into flats. As if
to confirm our worst fears about this development,
a planning application has since been made to
convert the garage of 28 Tapton House into a flat.
BANG has, of course, objected to this application
which will make an already congested site
worse. The application
for the use of part of the ground floor of 13
Crookes Road as a coffee shop has been withdrawn,
but the application to erect a double garage in the
grounds of 8 Caxton Road has been
granted. Nov.
1990 The application
for the use of 3 Taptonville Road as a nursery has
been refused and it would appear that this house
has finally been sold. Our objections to the use of
3 & 5 Westbourne Road as offices, was, however,
in vain, as was our objection to the extension of
59 Whitham Road, the former lodge to
"Westbourne". Aug.
1990 Planning
permission has been granted for the construction of
two dormer windows at 9 Moor Oaks Road. Permission
has also been granted for the demolition of
outbuildings and some of the back of Rutledge
House. This should not affect the Clarkehouse Road
frontage. We have been
successful in objecting to the use of 3 Taptonville
Road as offices. The application to use this house
as a nursery has not yet been dealt
with. BANG is
objecting to a recent application to extend 59
Whitham Road - the house on the Tree Root Walk
corner, where you may have noticed there has been a
great clearance of soil recently. Our objection is
based on the grounds that this was the lodge to
"Westbourne", one of the four large properties in
the area. "Westbourne" was built around 1820. The
estate was broken up in 1883, when Severn Road and
Beaufort Road were built. The house became a girls
school and finally a church. It was demolished in
1982, when the new Christian Science Church was
built. The planning permission would just about
double the size of the present building and thus
destroy the character of the only early 19th
century building left in Broomhill. May
1990 The application
for the alteration and extension of 11 Broomfield
Road has been refused as being out of character
with the Broomhill Conservation Area and
detrimental to the amenities of the
locality. Permission has
been granted for the alteration and extension of
Rutledge House, 78 Clarkehouse Road to form office
accommodation and the provision of car parking
spaces. We shall, however, oppose the new
application to demolish Rutledge House. This was
originally built about 1858 as the Victoria Park
Hotel and although its life as a hotel only lasted
until 1863, the composer Sterndale Bennett is known
to have stayed there during at least one of his
return visits to his native town. The house was
then bought by Samuel Osborn who lived in it for
some ten years. It became a nursing home in 1906
and an old people's home after the last war. Too
many properties in Broomhill have in the past been
destroyed needlessly. Another recent
application, which threatens two of the few
pre-Victorian houses in the area, is that for the
conversion of 3 & 5 Westbourne Road into
offices. BANG have opposed this application on the
basis of reducing the number of residential
properties in the area, introducing yet more
offices into a residential area and traffic
congestion. These houses, with Nos. 11, 13 and 15
were originally known as Broomhill Terrace and were
built shortly after the completion of the Mount in
1834. They were part of the 1830s building boom
during which the Broomhill Tavern was built, the
now vanished houses in Peel Street, most of the
shops on Fulwood Road between Glossop Road and Nile
Street, including the properties demolished in the
1960s to make way for the Arndale Centre, the shops
from Turners Lane to 4 Crooks Road, the houses and
shops in the Nile Street/Whitham Road/Newbould Lane
triangle, a number of the houses on the left hand
side (going up) of Parkers Road and the terrace of
which Ellis's shops and Dora Webster, on Whitham
Road, are the only remnants. Feb.
1990 There has been
an increase in applications for the extension of
office accommodation and for change of use to
offices. Two recent examples are a planning
application for a three storey extension at the
back of 11 Broomfield Road and the conversion of
the former Rutledge House Old People's Home, on
Clarkehouse Road, to office accommodation. BANG has
objected to both these proposals on the basis of no
more office space in a residential area. We have also
just learned of a planning application to turn 3
Taptonville road into either offices or a nursery.
We also understand that the same owner recently
bought other property in the area with a view to
turning it into business accommodation. Needless to
say we shall strongly oppose these
applications.
Applications
impacting on old houses Student Accommodation - BANG reaction as quoted in the "Banger" March
1999 Broomhill
continues to be defaced by a proliferation of
student accommodation notices of unacceptable size,
shape and colour. The Enforcement Officer,
Planning, Transport and Highways, Town Hall,
Sheffield S1 2HH advises that should any sign give
cause for concern, his office should be supplied
with the address of the property so that the matter
can be investigated. May
1997 Sheffield
University's Hot Line seems to have met a need for
a channel for complaints, especially about rowdy
late night behaviour. Nov.
1996 BANG have
received several complaints about noise from
students late at night. Several people have tried
the University Hot Line during the night and got
through to an answer phone. This was raised at the
[Community] Forum and the number to ring is
2824419 which is connected to a switchboard at all
times. If you fail to get a response on this number
then please contact the Hon. Secretary [of
BANG]. Nov.
1995 We are assured
that there are no plans for further student
accommodation in Broomhill! It was
suggested that the University Security Patrols
should continue after 10.00 p.m. since most of the
disturbances occurred between 11.15 p.m. and
midnight. The patrols should also not follow a
regular route and should concentrate on the Ashdell
Rd., Fulwood Rd. and Endcliffe Crescent
area. Aug.
1995 Planning
application 95/0654P - Erection of and extension to
student accommodation, with link bridge and
associated landscaping etc. within the curtilage of
Tapton Hall of Residence, Crookes Road. This
application differs only slightly from that
submitted last December, which was refused. The
number of student places has been reduced from 135
to 125! 95/0432P - use
of building as student accommodation. Former
Johnson Memorial Home, by ATS Investments. This was
one of three applications for the site and was
unfortunately granted on 11 August, despite
objections from BANG. It is suspected that before
too long it will be taken over by the
University. May
1995 The most
significant event of the past year has been the
application by Sheffield University to build
additional accommodation for students in the ground
of Crewe hall, Halifax Hall and Tapton Hall of
Residence. After much Press publicity and a
prolonged campaign by BANG, the University held an
Open Forum in Earnshaw Hall on 31st August. This
well attended meeting was useful in showing the
University that residents cared deeply about
Broomhill and were concerned that the increasing
imbalance in student numbers (over 6,000 students
to some 2,800 "permanent" residents) was eroding
the quality of life, both for the residents and for
the students. It was stressed that we are not
against students and that we in fact welcome them,
although the minority that cause damage and create
noise and litter are an increasing problem. When
the planning applications were heard, the
University was granted the application for a 114
study/bedroom annexe to Halifax Hall but refused
permission for the Crewe Hall annexe for 21 flats
and the Tapton Hall extension for 132
study/bedrooms. Feb.
1995 The University
have submitted an application, 94/1520P, for a 132
bed annexe to Tapton Hall and a 20 bed extension
and two Tutors flats to the hall itself, a total of
154 places. This application is for more student
accommodation than the application withdrawn by the
University in October. It in fact makes up for the
places in the Crewe Hall annexe that was refused
planning permission. The proposed
building will occupy the lower car park. Twenty
trees will have to be removed and the present small
two storey building demolished to make way for the
four storey annexe. The design of the building is
very ordinary and its juxtaposition with the listed
Music Department (Haddow House) is unfortunate.
Leaflets have been distributed to the houses near
Tapton Hall informing them of this application.
Since on the best available dat there are 4,500
students in Sheffield University premises in
Broomhill or along the Broomhill boundary and at
least 1,000 students are in houses in multiple
occupation and there are at best 2,800 permanent
residents, we feel that the balance has already
tilted too far in favour of students. We therefore
ask anyone who objects to yet another increase in
student numbers in Broomhill to write to the
Department of Land & Planning, Town Hall,
Sheffield S1 2HH, quoting the Planning Application
no. 94/1520P. Nov.
1994 As those of you
who read the local press will know, we have had a
lot of publicity over the last three months.
Inevitably the real issue which was the objection
to the three planning applications by the
University of Sheffield for additional student
accommodation in the grounds of Tapton, Crewe and
Halifax Halls was lost sight of. Far from being
against students we were trying to maintain their
quality of life and to safeguard their, and our
environment. There was in fact a petition with 69
signatures objecting to the new buildings in the
grounds of Halifax Hall by students, a remarkable
number when one considers that the application was
made in late June when most students had already
gone home. We do think that student numbers in
Broomhill and along its boundaries have reached
saturation point since they now outnumber the
"permanent" residents by at least 2 to
1. The University
withdrew the application for the four storey block
in the grounds of Tapton Hall in view of the
Planning Department's recommendation for refusal.
The three storey block of 21 flats in the grounds
of Crewe Hall was refused planning permission but
the application for the 114 study bedrooms in two 4
storey blocks in the grounds of Halifax Hall was
granted, with the provision that the design be
improved, the materials be in keeping with the
conservation area and the car parking provisions
modified. The petition
with 283 signatures was sent to the Vice-Chancellor
at the beginning of September. Feb.
1994 There is an
application to build a four storey block of 24
student flats on the site of Fairfield, 274 Fulwood
Road. The former house was demolished after a
mysterious fire on empty premises with all the
services disconnected and a successful appeal by
the developers against the council, who had tried
to preserve the remains of the building. Nov
1992 The completion
of the building of blocks of student flats in
Endcliffe Vale Road, next to Sorby Hall, and at the
top of Endcliffe Crescent, means that there are now
253 extra students resident in Broomhill. There are
2,552 places in the six Halls of Residence and
1,829 places in University-owned flats, most within
the Broomhill area or on its periphery. The good
news is that more recent building and plans centre
on the St. George's Square area. Nov.
1991 The former
Unitarian church at the corner of Northumberland
Road and Crookesmoor Road has been taken over by
the University and Crookesmoor House is being used
to house 59 students. Two large self-catering
blocks are under construction on Endcliffe Vale
Road and Endcliffe Crescent. Aug.
1991 Belated
planning permission has been granted for the
conversion of the former Unitarian church,
Northumberland Road, for use as student living
accommodation, after most of the work was
finished! Nov.
1990 BANG objected
to an application from the University to build
three blocks in the grounds of Sorby Hall, to house
126 students, on the grounds that recently built
and planned expansion in student accommodation will
seriously affect the quality of life of the
families living in Broomhill. Three committee
members have also had a meeting with
representatives of the University to express our
concern at the continuing expansion in student
numbers living in the Broomhill area. University Land Planning Applications from the
Banger August
2000 Crosby Homes
BANG members
who have been in Oakholme Road recently will have
seen that the building of the luxury homes in
Oakholme Road next to Betjeman Gardens continues
apace and the development looks as if it will soon
be completed. June
2000 BANG members
who have been in Oakholme Road recently will have
seen that Crosby Homes have started building luxury
homes next to Betjeman Gardens. For a long time
now, however, there has been silence regarding
further plans to build on the green spaces of Crewe
Hall and the tennis courts of Stephenson
Hall. March
2000 Crosby Homes
Plans for University Halls and Oakholme Road Aug.
1999 Rethink on
homes June
1999 The University
has applied to sell off lands round its halls of
residence in order to build luxury homes and flats.
Concern at this massive residential development in
Broomhill had led to a wave objections from local
residents, local councillors, university students
and staff, Birkdale School and many other
bodies. Birkdale School
has also lodged an official complaint with the
University for criminal damage caused to its
premises. March
1999 University
Community Forum, Friday 26 February 1999 Dec.
1998 Sheffield
University Halls of Residence June
1998 Sheffield
University Community Forum Dec.
1997 The number of
the University of Sheffield "Hotline" has changed
to 2224085 and you should get a new Security
Services card with this issue of the BANGER. At
least one BANG member has had a very positive
response from this service when he called them
about undue noise from student neighbours in the
early hours of the morning. May
1997 This has been a
year of consolidation in terms of our relationship
and communication with the universities, police,
our councillors and various Council departments.
Sheffield University's hot line seems to have met a
need for a channel for complaints, especially about
rowdy late night behaviour. Nov.
1996 Sheffield
University Community Forum Bang have
received several complaints about noise from
students late at night. Several people have tried
the University Hot Line during the night and got
through to an answerphone. This was raised at the
Forum and the number to ring is 2824419 which is
connected to a switch board at all times. If you
fail to get a response on this number then please
contact the Hon. Secretary
[BANG]. Nov.
1995 Sheffield
University Central Campus Meeting The University
have withdrawn the outline planning application for
an extension to the Geography building in Western
Park. Talks are still continuing with the City
Council about the University taking on the
management of the park and there is every hope
that, as a result of a joint initiative by the
Council and the University, it will be listed by
English Heritage. We were assured
that there are no plans for further student
accommodation in Broomhill! The University also
intend to establish a Forum, before Christmas, at
which Community Groups would get an opportunity to
discuss problems with senior University staff. The
Forum will meet about twice a year, but to date
BANG have not heard any further details. It was
suggested that the University Security Patrols
should continue after 10.00 p.m. since most of the
disturbances occurred between 11.15 p.m. and
midnight. The patrols should also not follow a
regular route and should concentrate on the Ashdell
Rd., Fulwood Rd. and Endcliffe Crescent
area. Third time
unlucky - the annexe and extension for Tapton Hall
of Residence, Crookes Road has been granted and
work started almost before the ink was
dry. Aug.
1995 We have once
again had a "summer of discontent" with the
University applying yet again for the erection of
an annexe to Tapton Hall of Residence and several
other applications that affect the character of
Broomhill 95/0651P -
Outline planning application for extension of
Geography Building into Weston Park. 95/0654P -
Erection of & extension to student
accommodation, with link bridge and associated
landscaping etc. within the curtilage of Tapton
Hall of Residence, Crookes Road. This application
differs only slightly from that submitted last
December, which was refused. The number of student
places has been reduced from 135 to 125
! 95/0670P - Use
of dwelling for educational purposes, 169
Northumberland Road. This is the Hidden part of the
semi with 171, which is the School of Journalism.
The house is currently a private residence with
probably the best kept garden in Broomhill. We are
very concerned that if the whole house becomes a
University Department, then before too long there
will be an application to extend it, or worse still
demolish it to build a new department. 9S/0709P - Use
of dwelling house as offices, 22 Endcliffe Crescent
- this house is currently used for student housing
but it is understood that someone wishes to
relocate into more pleasant surroundings. We have
objected on the basis that the area is given as
being residential in the Unitary Development Plan
and also on the grounds that the University are
constantly claiming that they are short of student
accommodation. 95/0432P - Use
of building as student accommodation. Former
Johnson Memorial Home, by ATS Investments. This was
one of three applications for the site and was
unfortunately granted on 11 August, despite
objections from BANG. It is suspected that before
long it will be taken over by the
University. Weston Park May
1995 The University
held an Open Forum, in Earnshaw Hall, on 31st
August. This well attended meeting was useful in
showing the University that residents cared deeply
about Broomhill and were concerned that the
increasing imbalance in student numbers (over 6,000
students to some 2,800 "permanent" residents) was
eroding the quality of life, both for the residents
and for the students. It was stressed that we are
not against students and that we in fact welcome
them, although the minority that cause damage and
create noise and litter are an increasing problem.
When the planning applications were heard, the
University was granted the application for a 114
study/bedroom annexe to Halifax Hall but refused
permission for the Crewe Hall annexe of 21 flats
and the Tapton Hall extension for 132
study/bedrooms. Feb.
1995 The University
have submitted an application, 94/1520P for a 132
bed annexe to Tapton Hall and a 20 bed extension
and two Tutors flats to the hall itself, a total of
154 places. This application is for more student
accommodation that the application withdrawn by the
University in October. It in fact makes up for the
places in the Crewe Hall annexe that was refused
planning permission. The proposed
building will occupy the lower car park. Twenty
trees will have to be removed and the present small
two storey building demolished to make way for the
four storey annexe.... Since on the best available
data there are 4,500 students in Sheffield
University premises in Broomhill or along the
Broomhill boundary and at least 1,000 students are
in houses in multiple occupation and there are at
best 2,800 permanent residents, we feel that the
balance has already tilted too far in favour of
students. We therefore ask anyone who objects to
yet another increase in student numbers in
Broomhill to write to the Department of Land &
Planning, Town Hall, Sheffield S1 2HH. Nov.
1994 As those of you
who read the local press will know, we have had a
lot of publicity over the last three months.
Inevitably the real issue which was the objection
to the three planning applications by the
University of Sheffield for additional student
accommodation in the grounds of Tapton, Crewe and
Halifax Halls was lost sight of. Far from being
against students we were trying to maintain their
quality of life and to safeguard their, and our
environment. There was in fact a petition with 69
signatures objecting to the new buildings in the
grounds of Halifax Hall by students, a remarkable
number when one considers that the application was
made in late June when most students had already
gone home. We do think that student numbers in
Broomhill and along its boundaries have reached
saturation point, since they now outnumber the
"permanent" residents by at least 2 to
1. The University
withdrew the application for the four storey block
in the grounds of Tapton Hall in view of the
Planning Department's recommendation for refusal.
The three storey block of 21 flats in the grounds
of Crewe Hall was refused planning permission, but
the application for the 114 study bedrooms in two 4
storey blocks in the grounds of Halifax Hall was
granted, with the provision that the design be
improved, the materials be in keeping with the
conservation area and the car parking provisions
modified. The petition
with 283 signatures was sent to the Vice-chancellor
at the beginning of September. Pyjama Jump Aug
.1994 94/0761P -
Erection of 21 Flats in a 3 storey block with 3
basement garages and storage and provision of 28
car parking spaces within the curtilage of Crewe
Hall, Oakholme Road. (30 student
places.) 94/0764P -
Erection of 114 bedrooms & flat in two 4 storey
blocks, connecting link & basement plant
room/stores and provision of 29 parking spaces
within the curtilage of Halifax Hall of Residence,
Endcliffe Vale Road. 94/0785P -
Erection of 122 study bedrooms and tutor's flat in
one 4 storey block with basement plant room,
laundry and store within the curtilage of Tapton
Hall of Residence. MAPS -
ADD A petition
asking the University of Sheffield to reconsider
these plans for further expansion of the student
population in Broomhill and the subsequent loss of
green space and trees has been organised by BANG
and has been signed by some 250 residents. Since
many people are away on holiday some members may
not been asked whether they wish to sign the
petition, although they should have had a leaflet
about the Open Forum. If you wish to sign the
petition then please phone the Hon. Secretary as
soon as possible since the petition will be sent to
the University by 10 September, with a copy to the
Planning Department. Feb.
1994 The worrying
application is the one for the land at the bottom
of the site to be used for the erection of three
blocks' accommodation for 276 Hallam University
students. Local residents are worried that the
three and four storey blocks will destroy much of
the wood and wildlife that has developed on this
site over much of this century. Although officially
in Broomhall, BANG is also objecting to this
over-development of the site. Mappin
Gallery Nov.
1993 Weston Park The
University's Vice-Chancellor said "the University's
motives for wishing to take over the responsibility
of these parks are entirely public spirited. The
parks are seen by the University as part of the
heritage of the people of the city and would be
opened up to allow maximum access to the public at
large. We are prepared to pay, from our own
resources, for the running costs to maintain the
grounds because we believe that this is in the best
long-term interests of the city". Even when the
parks are leased to the University, the City
Council will still exercise control over their
use. Nov.
1992 University
developments Nov.
1991 The former
Unitarian church at the corner of Northumberland
Road and Crookesmoor Road has been taken over by
the University and Crookesmoor House is being used
to house 59 students. Two large self-catering
blocks are under construction on Endcliffe Vale
Road and Endcliffe Crescent. Aug.
1991 Belated
planning permission has been granted for the
conversion of the former Unitarian church,
Northumberland Road, for use as student living
accommodation, after most of the work was
finished! Nov.
1990 BANG objected
to an application from the University to build
three blocks in the grounds of Sorby Hall, to house
126 students, on the grounds that recently built
and planned expansion in student accommodation will
seriously affect the quality of life of the
families living in Broomhill. Three committee
members have also had a meeting with
representatives of the University to express our
concern at the continuing expansion in student
numbers living in the Broomhill area. |
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