Sheffield scheme gets council backing

£46m Stocksbridge development takes step forward after council back latest plans

Article posted: 25 Apr 2011

Sheffield City Council has backed plans for a distinctive, landmark building and new despatch facility for Tata Steel to form part of a major regeneration scheme in Stocksbridge.

The authority’s West and North Area Planning Board unanimously approved the detailed application submitted by Stocksbridge Regeneration Ltd for a new testing facility for the town’s steelworks. The plans also include new car parking and the relocation of one of Tata Steel’s despatch facilities to the company’s main site.

The plans are part of the £46m mixed use development which will delivery new retail and office space in North Sheffield, on a former industrial site opposite the Tata Steel steelworks.

A further application for 140 houses is also due to be considered by the planning board next month. The main scheme was approved by the local authority in 2009 and work is scheduled to start on the development site next year bringing a 63,000 sq ft food store as well as further retail space. Restaurants and commercial space suitable for local businesses are also planned, along with a customer car park and an attractive landscaped fountain area.

The development partnership of Barnsley based Dransfield Properties and Gallagher Developments have welcomed the council’s approval as an important milestone in the delivery of a development which will transform a redundant industrial site and create up to 900 new jobs.

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