Container Park Sheffield: As another delay hits Fargate attraction here is our timeline of trouble

The Container Park on Fargate has had plenty of publicity – but not the kind the operators were looking for. Here is a timeline of delay.

£300,000: Plans revealed in January for cafes and shops made out of shipping containers with outdoor screen on Fargate. Sheffield City Council said the overall cost would depend on demand from tenants but the expectation was it would cost no more than £300,000.

Planning permission: The project gets the green light in March. Construction is under way in Leeds and it is expected to open ‘within a few weeks’.

Vendors: In April four vendors are confirmed: Get Wurst, Yoki (Korean food), Urban Pizza Co and Re-Owned clothes.

Budget: In June, the budget goes up to £446,000 due to ‘additional level of detail and costs increase on materials’ ‘which is fully funded from the Get Britain Building Fund’.

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Sewer collapse: The project is delayed in July after Yorkshire Water pops up stating the structure could collapse one of the city’s biggest sewers.

A spokesman said: “We were not consulted during the planning process of the Fargate shipping containers, but very recently learnt of the project.”

Shifted: Two weeks later the council announces the site for the containers will be moved 1.3 m to the right to avoid sewer problems.

Installed: Eight containers are lifted into place at 5am on August 8. Windows, facilities and ‘design features’ will be fitted before ‘opening in a few weeks’.

‘Another month’: Work slows and the city council goes quiet on an opening date but later in August a worker on the site says it will be ‘another month’.

Christmas: In September it is announced the Container Park will affect traditional Christmas attractions including the Alpine Bar and Big Wheel which are moved to The Moor.

Opening date: The Container Park finally has an opening date of Friday October 17.

Paperwork: But the launch is scrapped the day before due to missing paperwork, believed to be a fire safety certificate.

Partially open: Five days later on October 22 the attraction partially opens with a bookshop, Get Wurst and Clapping Seoul launching. A Mexican street food vendor, microbrewery and bar are still shut.

Closing date: In November, a closure date for the hub, now almost fully operational, is confirmed as ‘early spring’ to make way for the redevelopment of Fargate.

Bar opening: HIDE bar is advertised as opening on Friday November 25, more than four months after the original launch date of July and just weeks before it is dismantled. It is the final piece in the jigsaw.

Delayed: The bar does not open because the city council’s building control team is ‘awaiting key information’. No launch date is given.

Ajman Ali, executive director of operational services at Sheffield City Council, said: “In the meantime, a temporary bar has been opened on the ground floor and the local independent businesses continue to welcome in customers.”