Sheffield City Council's Local Plan proposes removing almost all of S13's Green Belt.

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• 15^th September 2026

  📃 What are the "Further Main Modifications"?
  
  The Council has opened a new six-week consultation on the Sheffield Plan, closing at 5pm on 26^th October. An explainer of what it is, how we got here and what happens next. No action needed yet - a guide on how to respond will follow.

• 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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