Hollywood actor and Sheffield native Sean Bean has waded into a debate about the council’s shortlisted proposals for 1,700 homes on Green Belt land in the Handsworth area where he grew up.
Sheffield City Council was tasked with finding space for 3,500 more homes to add to its Local Plan, and back in April it released its shortlist of possible options.
The council believes it has exhausted its brownfield options.
Addressing the council via a letter, the actor, famous for his portrayal of Ned Stark in Game of Thrones, expressed concern that the proposals unfairly discriminate against working-class communities.
He wrote: “It seems like this working-class community and its surrounding areas has been specifically targeted, whilst other more affluent, genteel areas on the other side of Sheffield have escaped lightly.