2 New planning apps

The council has submitted 2 new planning apps: one is for an extension to the Chapeltown Greenway - this will take it as far as the Yalta industrial Estate which IS in Chapeltown: A future extension will link it to the TPT at NCN/TPT at Cart Road early next year, subject to a funding bid recently submitted. The route will be bituminized as well. This is great news for Chapeltown residents who will have a route free of motor traffic all the way to Meadowhall. In particular it will avoid the nasty hill between Chapeltown and Ecclesfield.

The other one is for an "iconic" bridge over the Parkway near Tinsley Golf Course. This will remedy the shameful current situation where pedestrians, cyclists and horse-riders are supposed to cross the 70 mph Sheffield Parkway at surface level.

I will be writing to support both these applications - should you wish to comment you can do so

at SCC's planning portal, http://planning.sheffield.gov.uk/publicaccess/DC/dc_home.aspx

by searching for following refs:

Chapeltown Ref: 09/02522/FUL

Parkway Ref: 09/02783/FUL