'High end' car showroom lined up for site near Meadowhall at famous former Sheffield steelworks site
A site selling ‘high end’ luxury cars is lined up to take over the site of a famous former steelworks, near Meadowhall.
Developers want to create a showroom at the site of what was once part of the well-known Staybright Works on Weedon Street, which would specialise in a number of top luxury brands.
It would also be close to the new Forgemasters site.
Meadowhall Contracts Ltd has applied for planning permission for a showroom on the site, with planning consultants Quod having written a planning statement for them, which has now been sent to Sheffield Council as part of the application.
Describing the plans, the report states: “This follows the receipt of interest from numerous existing operators, including local operators, with a desire to bring new ‘high-end’ brands to the region.
“The consent is purposefully flexible to allow for car showrooms to form part of a wider development across the site, or, if the demand was there, to deliver car showrooms and workshops across the entirety of the Site.
“Due to the type of interest in this type of use received, if a car showroom were delivered, it would comprise a ‘multi-brand’ and high-end showroom, as opposed to a standard single brand showroom such as at the neighbouring Porsche and Mecedes-Benz adjacent to the site along Sheffield Road.
They plan to also have on-site experts trained in the high-end car brands to service vehicles.
They said it would bring jobs including sales staff, mechanics, valets, receptionist, admin and back of house workers.
They added that they thought that the ‘multi-brand’ showrooms together with workshops generally provided a higher level of employment than a standard car showroom.
It has not been made clear whether the plans would include supercars such as Ferrari and McLaren.
The Star has approached the agents for more details.