http://andershanson.mycouncillor.org.uk Liberal Democrat Campaigner for Nether Edge Ward - including Nether Edge, Sharrow Vale, Carterknowle, Brincliffe, Kenwood and parts of Hunter's Bar, Banner Cross, Sharrow and Abbeydale Road. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:43:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the initiatives brought in by the Liberal Democrat city council is to provide free insulation for homes across the city.  Not only does this help households cut their fuel bills, but it is also one step on the road to making Sheffield a more sustainable city with fewer ... http://andershanson.mycouncillor.org.uk/2010/01/21/could-you-get-free-home-insulation/ Last week, the Liberal Democrats nationally made a pledge to bring a quarter of a million empty homes back into use.  This would make sure there were more homes available for those who need them and would also create 65,000 skilled jobs.  This comes at the same time as Sheffield's ... http://andershanson.mycouncillor.org.uk/2010/01/19/tackling-empty-homes/ Hunter House Road - have your say on the permit parking scheme proposal in this and surrounding roads. The city council has written to every home in part of Hunter's Bar to ask them for their views on a proposal to include their area in a permit parking scheme.  The scheme ... http://andershanson.mycouncillor.org.uk/2009/12/17/have-your-say-on-the-proposals-to-introduce-permit-parking-in-the-hunter-house-road-area/    Parts of Nether Edge, such as Machon Bank, are already in a 20mph zone New proposals to allow councils to put in place 20 mph schemes over groups of streets without the need for traffic calming measures such as speed humps were announced today by Road Safety Minister Paul Clark ... http://andershanson.mycouncillor.org.uk/2009/12/16/what-are-your-views-on-20mph-zones/ Quite a number of streets in Nether Edge have been hit by a problem with the street lights over the last few days.  Last night, the lights in quite a few roads - such as Ladysmith Road, Edgebrook Road, Barker's Road and Union Road - were out completely, but there ... http://andershanson.mycouncillor.org.uk/2009/11/17/street-light-problems-in-nether-edge/ At recent community meetings, Sheffield Hallam University have announced new plans to redevelop their former Psalter Lane Campus. The plans are currently at an early stage, and they have yet to make public any specific plans or designs. However, what is clear is that: Sheffield Hallam University are working ... http://andershanson.mycouncillor.org.uk/2009/11/05/hallam-uni-unveils-plans-for-psalter-lane-campus/ The Banner Cross Campaign Group have organised another meeting to discuss the future of the former Gilders site at the junction of Ecclesall Road South and Psalter Lane.  I understand the meeting will also include a discussion about the former Sheffield Hallam University site on Psalter Lane. The meeting will take ... http://andershanson.mycouncillor.org.uk/2009/10/29/banner-cross-meeting-with-gilders/ The Jacobs factory off Troutbeck Road Today I was talking to residents of Troutbeck Road and those nearby on Abbeydale Road.  Although they raised a number of issues the main one was the planning application for the old Jacobs site. The current application is for the "erection of retirement village, including nursing ... http://andershanson.mycouncillor.org.uk/2009/10/11/troutbeck-road-planning-application/ A new pedestrian crossing is going to be installed on Psalter Lane, thanks to pressure from local residents and councillors.  The exact location is still to be decided, but it will be somewhere between the top of Sharrowvale Road and Cowlishaw Road.  I know from my own experience how difficult ... http://andershanson.mycouncillor.org.uk/2009/10/09/new-pedestrian-crossing-on-psalter-lane/ Cllr Colin France & Anders Hanson examine traffic problems around the Gilders site Many residents in the Banner Cross area will be pleased with the decision by the council's planning board to reject the proposed food store and housing on the former Gilders site on Ecclesall Road South.  This was a ... http://andershanson.mycouncillor.org.uk/2009/09/03/gilders-site-update/