Sheffield City Council's Local Plan proposes removing nearly three-quarters of Handsworth's Green Belt.

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Campaign activity

• 19^th October 2026

  📃 Latest Handsworth air quality results
  
  Sheffield City Council's monthly NO₂ monitoring data for four Handsworth locations, updated through August 2026.

• 18^th October 2026

  📍 Orgreave Lane access and local traffic maps

  📍 Sheffield historic parks and gardens map

• 4^th October 2026

  📃 Further Main Modifications consultation guide
  
  Our archived guide to the local issues and evidence raised during the consultation.

• 1^st October 2026

  📒 Updated contact details and mailing list

• 19^th September 2026

  💚 Help fund the campaign to protect S13's Green Belt
  
  Donations help us pay for professional planning advice, technical evidence and the work needed to challenge the proposed Green Belt allocations.

• 19^th September 2026

  📃 Agreed notes of the 9 September meeting with Council leaders
  
  Read the Sheffield Green Belt Alliance's meeting record, agreed with Sheffield City Council.

• 15^th September 2026

  📃 What are the "Further Main Modifications"?
  
  The consultation ran from 14 September to 28 October 2026. Our explainer covers what it involved, how the Plan reached this stage and what happens next.

• 14^th September 2026

  📃 Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust's response to the hedgerow removal at Handsworth Hall Farm (SES29)
  
  The Trust's letter to the Council, with photographs, aerial images and historic maps.

• 13^th September 2026

  📷 What has happened at Handsworth Hall Farm (SES29)
  
  Photographs of the works along Handsworth Beck, the Council's response, the campaign's concerns and how to share evidence.

• 6^th September

  📃 51,000 homes - where does that come from? The figure being used to warn against rejecting the Local Plan comes from a rule the Government abolished in December 2024.

• 29^th August

  📃 Our open letter to Council Leader Fran Belbin calls for answers after 470 days of unanswered questions about Sheffield's Green Belt releases.

• 12^th August

  📃 How to comment on the Handsworth Hall Farm Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping request.

• 8^th August

  📃 Site visit support pack - the twelve briefings we gave the Leader of the Council and the Leader of the Green Group, free to download.

• 30^th July

  📃 EXAM 217C – Inspectors' Reply to the Council re Post Main Modifications Note

• 27^th July

  📃 EXAM 217B – Inspectors' Further Note to Council on Early Review Policies

• 16^th July

  📃 New Handsworth air-quality data shows NO₂ levels at all four monitoring locations remained above the WHO guideline level through May 2026.

• 3^rd July

  📃 EXAM 217A – SCC Response to Inspectors' Post Main Modifications Letter

• 15^th June

  📃 Searchable Representations to Main Modifications added
  
  Use the search box to find your submission

• 12^th June

  📃 EXAM 217 - Inspectors' Post Main Modifications Note to the Council

• 2^nd June

  📃 Meetings, events and Council deadlines
  
  Updated our handy reference page with upcoming Council meetings and key dates, with a link to Sheffield City Council's official Dates of Meetings and Deadlines calendar.

• 27^th May

  📃 Letter to Natural England on Best and Most Versatile farmland
  
  Sheffield Green Belt Alliance asks Natural England whether the Main Modifications still provide adequate protection for high-quality farmland, after survey safeguards were removed from several Green Belt allocations.

• 26^th May

  📃 Added James Bailey Planning Ltd Main Modifications representation on behalf of Sheffield Green Belt Alliance

• 11^th May

  📃 Post-election councillor list and Local Plan vote record

• 6^th May

  📃 Main Modifications Representations

• 17^th April

  📃 Handsworth Air Quality Data from Sheffield City Council

• 6^th April

  📃 S13 Main modifications consultation guide published

• 20^th March

  📃 Sheffield Green Belt Alliance Letter to Kate Josephs

• 18^th March

  📃 Sean Bean accuses council chiefs of hypocrisy after unveiling plaque for 'courageous campaigners' who saved city's trees while planning to build on 800 acres of greenbelt

• 15^th March

  📃 4 Weeks to Save Sheffield's Green Belt - Sign the City-Wide Petition

• 12^th March

  📃 Sheffield doesn't need to destroy Green Belt - we need to build smarter
  
  Official data shows Sheffield is one of England's least dense cities, yet the Local Plan relies on development assumptions more typical of small rural district councils. A closer look at the numbers shows that Green Belt release is a choice, not a necessity.

• 11^th March

  📃 Main modifications leaflet (pdf)

• 7^th March

  📃 Brownfield Sites: We Need You!

• 6^th March

  📃 Legal opinion raises new questions about Town End Farm allocation
  
  We examine the legal opinion obtained by the Council and what it reveals about the risks surrounding NES37.

• 5^th March

  📃 New letter from Clive Betts MP on the main modifications consultation

• 4^nd March

  📃 The Star: "Sheffield residents form 'supergroup' to fight council's 'unfair' green belt housing plan"

• 2^nd March

  📃 Main modifications consultation announced

  📃 Main modifications consultation FAQs

• 28^th February

  📃 A timeline of what happened after the second consultation closed

• 14^th February

  📃 "We will not plough through farmland" - so why is Sheffield proposing 1,697 homes on S13 farmland?

• 8^th February

  📃 The Sheffield Local Plan: where we stand and what happens next

• 4^th February

  📃 Two heritage sites in Handsworth need public comments

• 27^th January

  📃 Searchable table of Sheffield Councillors

• 26^th January

  📃 Inspectors' post hearings letter published

• 21^st January

  📃 Searchable Representations to New Consultation added
  
  Note: this does not include the details on which "document(s) to which the comments principally refer"
  
  Use the search box to find your submission

• 20^th January 2026

  📃 Fundraising Update: A Huge Thank You

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