Shirecliffe residents have forced the Council to move a works compound away from a local wildlife sanctuary.
Within days of the compound being built, local resident Jean Armstrong, had 109 signatures of local residents complaining about the site and sent this straight to the Council’s Cabinet.
Councillors were quick to respond to the residents’ petition and have confirmed the compound will be moved to Longley Avenue West before the end of May.
Jean, and fellow members of Parkwood Landfill Action Group, have secured £20,000 from Landfill Tax Credit to fund the preservation and improvement of Parkwood Springs as a wildlife sanctuary, and work began earlier this year with expert hedge laying. The group has been working closely on this with the Council and Sheffield Wildlife Trust.
Jean was astonished to find out that the Council’s Parks department had offered the land right next to the sanctuary to the building contractors, potentially blocking access to the recreation ground behind.
Jean told the Messenger: “Residents living close to the Parkwood Springs open space are relieved to learn that the latest threat to this precious bit of green open space has been removed.The huge compound built on 6th and 7th May is to be dismantled and relocated.We would like to thank our Woodland officer, our Area Co-ordinator and Councillors and everyone who helped make this possible.”
The site may not be safe for long, the Ski Village have applied for planning permission to build a cable car station on the same site as the recently removed compound. The cable car would run from Shirecliffe to the Ski Village and onto Shalesmoor.
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