It’s taken 3 years and a huge amount of work to get this far, so we haven’t been able to spend too long celebrating! Now the next phase begins. We’re hoping to get this done much more quickly, and the plan is to have our first residents moving in by Spring 2020. This is a rough timetable for getting to that point: Spring 2019: Ground survey As part of our planning application, we had a desktop survey done of the ground conditions. This looked at whether there was any record of mining in …
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We have planning permission!

At last, after over a year of to-ing and fro-ing about noise levels, facing colours, turning circles for bin lorries and the rest, we've got there! The planning committee met yesterday and unanimously approved the application, showing the huge …
Your chance to comment on the Bramble Row Application!

Our application is now open on Sheffield Council's Planning Portal. You can read through all the documents, look at maps of where it is and make your comments. Please note that you can only make comments until the 2nd February. You can also look …
Planning application submitted!

We have now submitted the planning application for Bramble Row to Sheffield Council! Once the planning documents are live on the Sheffield Council planning portal, we will link through to them so you can comment. In the meantime, you can see final …
Passivhaus goes Personal

The Passivhaus Trust has brought out a video explaining the benefits of living in a Passivhaus. At only 3 minutes long, it gives you a brief look into the lives of a variety of people living in Passivhaus homes. They tell you about the advantages, …
Bramble Row Update – June 2017

You are probably wondering why we've gone quiet - after all, we thought we would have applied for planning permission by now. But, as ever, things are taking longer than we thought! Andy had the pre-application meeting with Sheffield Council on 25th …
More about Passivhaus

All the houses in Bramble Row will be Passivhaus, which means they have been designed from the start to have an extremely high standard of energy efficiency and comfort. Their environmental footprint will be much lower than an average house due to …
A successful exhibition

Thanks to everyone who came along to the 'Our Green Homes' exhibition on Wednesday. We're busy looking through your feedback and noting your concerns, mainly around parking, access and infrastructure such as phone lines and water. We will be looking …
Come and see the plans!

We are holding a public exhibition on Wednesday 25th January from 4:30-7pm at The Venue, 650 Manchester Road, Stocksbridge, S36 1DY. We are preparing a planning application for a terrace of 10 houses between 1 and 15 Hunshelf Park, Stocksbridge. …