Story: Graham Jones
Development at Wood Hill on Grimesthorpe Road has progressed over the past few years. There are two residential homes on the site and a number of private houses. There are still plans to build another residential home and about twenty more houses. However, work on the site has come to a standstill.
Some local residents have complained about the large hoardings along the street and the general mess in the area of the unfinished site.
Smithies Field which adjoins the building site is a designated Local Nature Site.
Sheffield City Council Planning Department are assessing the situation and, if necessary, will consider ways to improve the uncompleted site.
A representative from the Planning department said that ‘stuck sites’ like this are covered by Section 215 of the planning act.
He said they do not have the power to compel the owners to complete the development, but they can ensure that they keep the site tidy.
The Council can ask the developers to do the tidying work, and, if they do not do it, the Council can undertake to do the work and then bill the developer.