SPACE

A new group has been formed to combat threats to the rural character of the area visible from Blacka. Views to the east from the slopes of Blacka have always been an important part of its appeal but planning decsions taken recently reveal that the council's planning committee cannot be trusted to protect this landscape from unwelcome, unattractive and out of scale development. The letter in last week's Sheffield Telegraph announces the formation of the new group.

One of the new developments highlighted (literally) is the installation of unnecessary street lighting on Baslow Road. Another is the one we have regularly drawn attention to here - the new Fairthorn block of appartments. Below are two pictures, one taken before the demolition of the old building and the other taken yesterday. Note the roof of the old building and that of the new. The steep pitch of the old Fairthorn was in character and somehow managed to temper the size of the building.