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Trust calls for Smithy Wood to be preserved Smithy Wood near Chapeltown, on the outskirts of Sheffield has appeared on maps for hundreds of years. An Ancient Woodland that contains rare and vulnerable species. However, this ancient woodland like many others with its unique bluebell swathes face relentless attack from development.
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A planning application decision is still pending as to whether this area is to be turned into a motorway service area, including an 80bed hotel and retail park, at junction 35 between Sheffield and Rotherham. Smithy Wood is designated as a Local Wildlife Site and sits within the Green Belt. Dating back more than 850
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years, the wood has been an important feature of the local landscape and plays a huge part in our local history. It supports a diverse range of locally and nationally important species – including ancient woodland flora, birds, bats, fungi and butterflies – and of course bluebells!
The planning application for Smithy Wood is currently on hold while another application for an alternative motorway service station at Junction 33 of the M1 is being prepared for a decision by Rotherham Council’s planning committee. Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust have argued against the need for an MSA at either site. “We do not think an MSA is needed on
this stretch of the M1”, says Liz Ballard, Chief Executive of Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust.
“We strongly object to the planning application for Smithy Wood, an ecologically important ancient woodland and Local Wildlife Site which supports a rich and irreplaceable biodiversity built up over many hundreds, if not thousands of years”. “Once again, we call upon Sheffield City Council to refuse this application and work with us to protect Smithy Wood as Community Woodland for wildlife and for future generations of local people to benefit from and enjoy.”
For just a few short weeks, breathtaking swathes of bluebells with their heady scent will be enticing you out into our ancient woodlands. Despite their fleeting appearance, native bluebells, with their deep blue flowers and drooping heads, take years to establish and spread extremely slowly one study shows they take 35 years to spread a mere 50 metres. This makes them a great indicator species, so if you find large swathes of native bluebells in a wood, it’s likely that the wood has been there for some time – often centuries! In turn our beautiful bluebells can only survive and thrive if the woods in which they live are protected and wellmanaged.
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