South East Area Action
South East Area Panel homepage. The area covers the following neighbourhoods:
- Woodhouse
- Mosborough
- Birley
- Frecheville
- Scowerdons
- Hackenthorpe
- Westfield
- Waterthorpe
- Halfway
- Beighton
- Owlthorpe
- Parts of Handsworth
- Parts of Richmond
From here you will find useful information about the make-up of the area, issues and priorities, the Area Panel, and links to other organisations. You will also find useful documents to download and print.
About the Area
The South East Area Panel area covers the third largest geographical area covered by an Area Panel in the city. From a point around 3 miles south east of the city centre, the area spreads and extends southwards and eastwards to the city boundary and includes all of Beighton and Mosborough wards, two thirds of Birley and Woodhouse wards and one third of Richmond ward. With over 66,000 residents, the South East is by far the most populous of Sheffield’s Area Action areas.
Much of the area lies within the green belt with the Rother valley to the north and east, the Moss valley to the south and a large central green space at Owlthorpe. The area also has the Shirtcliffe and Shire Brook Valley running through. There are excellent road transport links, into Sheffield and further afield via the M1 and the motorway network. Public transport provision around the area can be difficult with the exception of the communities served by Super Tram.
There are several distinct neighbourhoods, including some that have grown around the former mining communities that ringed Sheffield to the south and east. Identifiable neighbourhoods such as Birley, Hackenthorpe, Beighton, Sothall, Mosborough, Owlthorpe, Woodhouse, Halfway, Westfield, Waterthorpe and parts of Handsworth and Richmond are scattered across the area.
The generally above average standard of living masks pockets of poverty now recognised as needy within the “Closing the Gap” and Objective 1 strategies. Woodhouse, parts of Hackenthorpe and Birley, such as Scowerdons, Weakland and Newstead have high proportions of benefit claimants, as do smaller areas in Westfield, Waterthorpe and Halfway.
The Area Panel
- Councillor Mike Peat (Chair of the Panel)
- Councillor David Barker
- Councillor Sam Wall
- Councillor Chris Rosling-Josephs
- Councillor Ian Saunders
- Councillor Helen Mirfin-Boukouris
- Councillor Marjorie Barker
- Councillor Ray Satur
- Councillor Bryan Lodge
- Councillor Mike Pye
- Councillor Elizabeth Naylor
You can search for Councillors by Ward, Party or Name by going to our Councillors page
Details of previous and future meetings
The South East Area Panel holds public meetings every two months, follow this link to forthcoming meeting dates.
Minutes and agendas of previous meeting are also available.
Please see the attachment at the bottom of the page for the latest edition of the South East Area Panel Newsletter. If you require this newsletter as a Word Document please contact the Panel using the details below and we will email or post you a copy directly.
For more information, submit a question, or join the South East Area Panel mailing list, please contact Dave Luck the South East Area Co-ordinator:
Telephone- 0114 248 5805
Write to- South East Area Panel
The Lodge Connexions Centre
Beighton Road
Hackenthorpe
Sheffield
S12 4LQ
Downloads
Ist edition of the South East Area Panel newsletter (790 KB)
Download the file South East Area Panel Newsletter- 2nd edition- October 2007 (1.88 MB)
December 2007 edition of the newsletter for the South East Area Panel, including details of the upcoming meetings and community activities. (1.07 MB)
Please download the South East Area Panel Newsletter - 4th Edition January 2008 (760 KB)
Download the file South East Area Panel Newsletter 5th Edition May 2008 (132 KB)
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