Environment

Work on a Street Tree Archiving project, to enable those who are interested in documents and files relating to the council's street tree programme, is underway.

The Planning Inspector has upheld our decision to decline a planning application for housing development on important Green Belt land in the Loxley Valley. 

A commitment to deliver on a new street tree strategy for Sheffield has been made by the founding members of the Sheffield Street Tree Partnership.

Work has been completed by the council’s highways contractor, Amey, on Orchard Street in the city centre, a busy pedestrian thoroughfare connecting Church Street to Leopold Street.  

A partnership project between the Environment Agency (EA), Sheffield City Council (SCC) and Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust (SRWT) is underway to develop and deliver a range of natural flood management methods in the Limb Brook catchment area.

An ambitious plan for Sheffield, that sets out clear priorities and actions for the year ahead has been agreed - putting Sheffield first, with people and communities at its heart.

With support from the Woodland Trust, Sheffield has expended its community forestry team and will deliver community tree planting activities across the city over the next two years.

The council's highways contractor, Amey, are preparing for the return of Tramlines next weekend.

Our Cooperative Executive has set out the next steps in the independent Inquiry in to the management of Sheffield's street trees dispute.

With a team of over 100 operatives, emptying over 3000 litter bins and an average of 850 metric tonnes of litter and fly ...

Streets Ahead will start resurfacing works in Hillsborough at the end of June.

We acknowledge the nature emergency that is affecting plant and wildlife species in Sheffield and have set out our aims, ambitions and what we're already doing to try and address this crisis.

Sheffield gritters stand down as warmer weather returns 

More roads and pavements across the city undergo resurfacing as part of the Streets Ahead programme.

Our first climate summit invites the people of Sheffield to help us focus on building back better from the pandemic and how we can work towards our Zero Carbon target.

After declaring a climate emergency in 2019, Sheffield will take a major step towards this goal by releasing a new report which details where carbon emissions can be reduced in the city.

The new community services manager will lead on the development and delivery of a partnership action plan to deal with the issues affecting local people in Page Hall.

A consultation has launched on proposals to extend the award-winning Grey to Green scheme from Castlegate to Angel Street. 

The latest on flooding in Sheffield

The council is working with partners across the city following heavy snowfall.

Last month three people were prosecuted for noise offences in Sheffield. We encourage people to report these issues so that we can investigate and take action.

The council's highways contactor, Streets Ahead, has completed the 2020 resurfacing programme.

A bridge in Sheffield, home to three larger than life eight - legged insects, will be beaming brighter this winter thanks to Streets Ahead.

Two new designs, created by Sheffield school children, will be seen on gritting lorries across the city this winter.

The council is urging residents across the city to increase their awareness, patience and respect for the workforce of two of its service partners, Amey and Veolia.

The council’s highways contractor, Amey, is getting ‘winter ready’ in preparation for cold and icy weather over coming months.

Apology issued over handling of street tree complaint

Throughout October the Household Waste Recycling Centres' autumn/winter opening hours have been extended to allow more people to visit and dispose of their waste safely. 

Get involved in the Great British September Clean and help keep our city clean and tidy.

Our response to planning application requests for three new 5G masts in the city.

Following the massive rise in cycling and walking during the Covid-19 lockdown, Sheffield City Council has laid out its ...

Due to the recent heavy rainfall the Veolia materials recycling facility used to separate and sort the paper and card co ...

Following substantial rainfall over recent weeks, Sheffield is continuing to work closely with those in the worst affect ...

With further rain forecast today and overnight, the council is reminding Sheffield residents to be vigilant and take ext ...

Thursday and Friday saw the highest number of hits ever in a 24-hour period to Sheffield City Council’s news website, Sh ...

John Mothersole, Chief Executive of Sheffield City Council, said:“A major incident has been declared today in response t ...

Following yesterday’s severe weather conditions which saw 64mm of rainfall, Sheffield is now recovering, with all affect ...

THIS PAGE IS BEING UPDATED AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION People can report flooding to us by calling Streets Ahead on 0114 ...

The Streets Ahead mascot, Phil the Bin, made the most of the half-term break by reminiscing about his busy start to this ...

The council’s highways contractor is getting ‘winter ready’ in preparation for icy conditions over coming months.With 19 ...

A new taskforce to look at how the education sector in Sheffield can improve its environmental impact has today been ann ...

Have your say on the 2020 green bin collection serviceIn Sheffield, we offer residents a chargeable green bin collection ...

The cleanliness of the city’s roads has been acknowledged by central government, following an independent assessment of ...

Sheffield youngsters are gaining hands on experience working for the city’s highways maintenance contract, developing in ...

Many of us walk over them each and every day without a second thought about what could be lurking beneath our feet.And w ...

Joining thousands of people across the country taking part in Stoptober, partners are helping smokers to take their firs ...

British artist Alex Chinneck returns with three identical new public artworks across the UK titled: ‘Alphabetti Spaghett ...

Whether from cigarettes, roll ups, Shisha or any other smoked product, first or second hand smoke inhalation can cause s ...

It’s a familiar yet unwelcome sight across many cities - piles of litter; be it fly- tipping or one off items, dumped at ...

We have the winners for the Housing and Neighbourhood Service's Green Fingers Gardening Competition 2019!   This year’s ...

Colley Park in Parson Cross is about to get a makeover as part of the council’s ongoing work to improve parks and playgr ...

Things are looking up for Castlegate in Sheffield ahead of the return of a popular festival which celebrates the area’s ...

Sheffield is trialling electric bin lorries powered by the very waste they have collected, in what is being billed as a ...

Nearly 12,000 Sheffield residents and businesses have had their say on sweeping plans to clean the city’s air.   Followi ...

Sheffield’s Health and Wellbeing Board strongly endorses the city’s current approach to air quality and the proposed ste ...

Sheffield’s parks are about to get cleaner and greener as new litter bins are installed at 20 different locations across ...

More than 5,000 people have already responded to Sheffield City Council’s clean air plans. The consultation will close o ...

Sheffield’s wonderful parks and green spaces have once again been recognised by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy, ...

Residents of Sheffield will soon have the chance to share their views on a proposal to vary the street lighting levels a ...

Sheffield City Council has appointed leading energy, services and regeneration specialist ENGIE to develop a new homes p ...