2.2 Sheffield Today
Sheffield Environment Strategy Action Plan Summary
This document presents a holsitic vision for the city which encourages
a strategic approach to future development that integrates environmental,
social and economic concerns to ensure that city has a sustainable
future.
The strategy identifies six key challenges which should be addressed
in the pursuit of Sheffield’s sustainable development:
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Re-establish Sheffield as a recycling city and stimulate
renewable resource use;
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Substantially reduce environmental impacts of travel and
transportation;
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Create clean. attractive and safe streets and neighbourhoods;
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Enhance and safeguard our distinctive green and built heritage;
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Achieving the ecological transformation of industrial areas
and water corridors for their economic and amenity potential.
Sheffield’s City Centre Strategy, 1994
The 1994 strategy was the precursor to the masterplan, introducing
a number of key principles:
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the vision for Sheffield as a centre for knowledge based
industries with a strong sense of place;
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the notion of the city centre comprising distinct quarters;
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the two main spines of the city centre - the retail spine
stretching from Victoria Quays to the Moor, and the new east-west
axis between the universities;
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the point of intersection of these spines, at the core area
in the Heart of the City, as a particular city focus.
Quarter Action Plans
Quarter Action Plans have been prepared for:
These Action Plans illustrate how the City Centre Strategy, ‘A
New City’ (1994) and the Council’s UDP policies should be implemented
within particular quarters of the city. These action plans offer
long-term visions for the quarters, and offer proposals and guidance
which, if adhered to, will allow these visions to be realised.
The guidance contained within these documents and the potential
impacts of their proposals have been considered in the compilation
of the Compendium and incorporated into the relevant chapters.
Other projects and initiatives are included within the quarter
specific guidance in Part 4.
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