A Simple Guide to Responding to the Main Modifications
The Main Modifications consultation closes at 5pm on Tuesday 5 May 2026. This is the final chance to comment before the Inspectors make their decision.
We have put together a simple guide explaining the key issues and showing you exactly how to write and send your response. It covers city-wide problems with the Plan as well as the specific issues with our two S13 sites.
You do not need to be a planning expert. A few paragraphs in your own words is enough.
What's in the guide?
The guide is in three parts:
Part 1 – How to respond: where to send your comments, what to include, and key terms explained.
Part 2 – City-wide issues: five powerful arguments that use the Council's own evidence against it, including the fact that the Council's own assessment says the modified Plan is worse for the environment.
Part 3 – Our local S13 sites: the specific problems with SES29 (Handsworth Hall Farm) and SES30 (Bramley Lane / Beaver Hill Road), covering access, ecology, deliverability and speculative Green Belt release.
You can comment on any or all of these. Pick the issues that matter most to you.
The quick version
Email your comments to SheffieldPlan@sheffield.gov.uk with:
1. The modification reference – MM410 (SES29) and/or MM411 (SES30)
2. That you consider it unsound
3. One or two reasons why – in your own words
4. That you want the site removed from the Plan and kept as Green Belt
Personal responses carry far more weight than copied letters.
I've already signed the petition – do I still need to respond?
Yes. The city-wide petition and a personal consultation response are different things.
The petition sends a collective message. A personal response goes directly to the Planning Inspectors and they are legally required to consider every one they receive.
Both matter. Please do both if you can.
Frequently asked questions
We have answered common questions about the Main Modifications consultation on a separate page.
Read the FAQs
Deadline: 5pm, Tuesday 5 May 2026
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Download the consultation response guide