Local authority approves £80million for projects across South Yorkshire

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A local authority approved £80million worth of programmes across South Yorkshire, including funding for hundreds of new homes in Sheffield.

The board members at South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) accepted the proposal to award more than £80m for seven projects on Tuesday (September 12).

Among the approved fundings, SYMCA will contribute almost £12m towards a £130m scheme in Neepsend, Sheffield, where the developers will build 500-550 homes and 40,000 sq ft. of commercial spaces as well as a large publicly accessible central park/courtyard at the Cannon Brewery site.

The project is said to be delivered in two phases – with the first phase seeing the development of 300 homes.

The board also accepted the proposal to award almost £3m to Doncaster City Council to deliver a ‘whole house’ retrofit pilot to 21 homes in a social housing setting and insulate 300 homes in total.

It was also approved that £63m – £36m capital and £27m revenue grant support – will go towards Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council’s “Place Plan Investment”.