# Developer takes first step of scheme to build green belt homes in Handsworth in face of controversy – thestar.co.uk

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/developer-takes-first-step-of-scheme-to-build-green-belt-homes-in-handsworth-in-face-of-controversy-thestar-co-uk/
- Published: 2026-08-11T18:12:58+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-24T10:46:59+00:00
- Original publisher: 🔎 Sheffield
- Original article: https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxPNHJnOVJLa0dGNFZSY3J3UllZZXQyM2NPZVB3eVdiQlp2bFV5a1c5eDVtQmt0Wk1VOE5qdGtPTGctY2hkUERoaVNTV212UmpsYmpzV3FxOFdaSDhuOWFDeTFQMnFQRUhXTEM2ZDQwT0pmZEVNRjdSR3FZQWxvSlZCVXZiS1Z0bk9BYS0w?oc=5
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Sheffield, Software, Technology, UK, World

## Key points

- Developer begins formal process for 900-home Handsworth scheme.
- Plans would use controversial green-belt farmland.
- Environmental assessment precedes planning application.

## Summary

Handsworth Farm Partnership has submitted an environmental impact assessment, the first formal step towards a proposed Orgreave Park development on green-belt land at Handsworth Hall Farm in Sheffield. The scheme is controversial because it would build on working farmland, though it is intended to help meet Sheffield’s housing and employment needs.

The proposal could include up to 900 homes and a 49-acre business park on roughly 150 acres beside Waverley Advanced Manufacturing Park. The 112-page assessment comes before an outline planning application; the site is among 14 green-belt locations earmarked by Sheffield City Council, which says it needs land for 3,500 homes by 2039.

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