Sheffield City Council’s final proposals for the Heart of the City II development are mixed. Despite some welcome developments, HHB are objecting to this planning application because of the unnecessary destruction of yet more of Sheffield’s heritage. We hope our
Six years on and Primesite are back with one of the most tasteless planning applications we have seen. Can they get away with this? There are lots of reasons to think not; the application is weak, valid planning reasons to
Heart of the City 2 consultation Please take two minutes to email your thoughts (even just a very brief response is better than nothing) or fill in the online questionnaire, telling Sheffield Council what you think of proposals for inner
The planning application to demolish Bennett Cottage, near the top of Mayfield Rd in Mayfield has yet to be determined (a decision has been now been postponed twice). If this application is approved it will have far reaching consequences. Please
Fantastic news that the University Arms pub on Western Bank has been declared an Asset of Community Value which gives it a reprieve (possibly temporary) from demolition. This pub, and the delightful Victorian backwater to the rear, were all set
With the Grosvenor House Hotel gone and building underway, Sheffield’s New Retail Quarter is finally happening. The original ‘Sevenstone’ scheme ground to a halt when the developer Hammersons (who had also bought up all the property) lost interest in the
If you’re out walking in the delightful Loxley Valley try and take a look at Claremont House. This once grand Victorian mansion, which dates back to the 1890’s, is now nearly at the point of no return as the roof
Grade II* listed Carbook Hall has been sold by Punch Taverns to West Street Leisure, the company which also owns Bar & Beyond on West Street in the city centre and The Clubhouse on London Road. The original building was 12th
Late in 2016, plans were announced for a Chinese investor to convert Sheffield Central Library into a five star hotel. Sichuan Guodong Construction Group, a private company essentially run by one man, pledged in in July 2016 to invest 1
Hammerton County School, Ouseburn Road, Darnall Designed by Sheffield Architect, William John Hale (1862 – 1929). Opened 14th October 1904 Cited in 2010 by the Victorian Society as one of the UK’s top ten most endangered buildings. The full listing reads:
