Sean Bean says houses plan for land where he played as a child is a ‘tragedy’

Actor Sean Bean has thrown his weight behind a campaign to prevent building on green belt land in his home city of Sheffield (Ian West/PA) - (PA Archive)

Hollywood star Sean Bean has backed a campaign to save green belt land where he played as child, saying proposed housing developments would be a “tragedy”.

Bean was brought up in the Handsworth area of Sheffield, where 1,638 houses have been allocated on green belt land as part of the city council’s draft local plan.