# MP calls for ‘pause’ on Local Plan over green belt

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/mp-calls-for-pause-on-local-plan-over-green-belt/
- Published: 2026-11-04T15:12:49+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T15:41:46+00:00
- Original publisher: feeds.bbci.co.uk (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6z0v5epgp5po?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Sheffield

## Key points

- Sheffield MP Marie Tidball wants the Local Plan paused.
- The plan proposes nearly 40,000 homes by 2039.
- She says green belt development is unevenly concentrated.

## Summary

Marie Tidball, MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, has called for Sheffield’s Local Plan to be paused so new evidence about agricultural land in the green belt can be considered. She supports building more homes, including social and affordable housing, but says too many proposed developments are in the wrong places and alternatives have not been properly assessed.

The plan sets out development across Sheffield until 2039, including nearly 40,000 homes, schools, cemeteries and industrial units. Tidball says seven of the nine green belt parcels identified are in her constituency, including areas in the S35 and S13 postcodes, and wants a fairer spread of development and more use of brownfield sites, high streets and retail spaces. The council says it has earmarked more than 350 sites, prioritises brownfield land and that the draft uses about 3.5% of Sheffield’s green belt; the plan has been delayed since 2009.

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