Stannington Ward Priorities 2014/15

Ward Description The Stannington Ward has communities living in the Stannington, Loxley, Woodland View, , and Middlewood neighbourhoods. It also has some of the ‘Rural Area’, which occupies about 30% of land in the city. The ‘rural area’ lies to the west, mainly in the Peak District National Park.

There is access to a significant amount of open space across the ward. In particular, Stannington in the west and Worrall in the north are surrounded by open green landscape. Loxley Common is situated north of Loxley toward Worrall. Loxley Valley runs from east to west, overlooked by Loxley and Woodland View. Local amenities vary throughout the area and acts as a district centre with a variety of shops and services, including a supermarket. Worrall has a pub, post office and Bradfield Secondary School but has relatively low access to services due to its remoteness. The Supertram serves the east of the ward at and Middlewood.

Stannington, Loxley and Worrall were originally villages in their own right. Only Worrall remains separated from the urban area. There is a mix of housing across the area with predominantly privately owned inter-war semi-detached housing. There is a mix of privately owned homes in Loxley and predominantly older properties in Worrall. There are pockets of social housing in Stannington which fall within the top 20% most deprived areas in around the Deer Parks and Liberty Hill areas in Woodland View. This neighbourhood has Victorian terraced housing at Malin Bridge diversifying into modern housing along Wood Lane and Stannington Road, culminating in three distinctive tower blocks at Deer Park. Middlewood is split between three wards with a section of the 1960’s Winn Gardens falling into the Stannington Ward. New developments have changed the character of the population in Middlewood in recent years.

Local Priorities Following consideration of the statistics, consultation and input from local service providers, the Councillors for the Stannington Ward have identified their key priorities for 2014/15. Local Councillors will achieve these outcomes by working in partnership with local service deliverers and community organisations. This priority contributes to the recommendations from The Fairness Commission, which was set up to make non-partisan, strategic assessments of the nature, cause, extent and impact of inequalities in the city.

1 Our Environment Councillors will work with partners to –  Support community organisations that work to improve and maintain the environment in the ward  Support the Streets Ahead work in the ward and ensure that residents are kept informed of the works happening

This activity supports the Fairness Commission’s recommendations around ‘Housing and a Better Environment.’

2 Supporting Community Life Councillors will work with partners to –  Support the work that local community groups do across the ward to improve community life  Support communications in the ward, helping local organisations to promote themselves and their work

This activity supports the Fairness Commission’s recommendations around ‘What Citizens and Communities Can Do.’

3 Community Safety Councillors will work with partners to –  Tackle anti-social behaviour and issues of drug and alcohol abuse in the Lower Stannington area

This activity supports the Fairness Commission’s recommendations around ‘A Safe City’.

Further Information and Contacts For further information on locality working, please contact the Locality Officer for this ward on (0114) 205 3598. For more information on locality work across the city please use the following link to the Council website https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/in-your-area/your-local- area.html

The Stannington Ward Councillors for 2014/15 are –  Cllr Vickie Priestley 0114 2346837 [email protected]  Cllr David Baker 0114 4185011 [email protected]  Cllr Katie Condliffe 0114 2312157 [email protected]