CN Tower Sheffield: Grantside developers reduce height of planned £17m Charles Street offices after complaints
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Grantside says ‘CN Tower’ would also have more glass and ‘green’ living walls to improve its appearance.
The company has re-submitted plans for a block on the corner of Charles and Norfolk streets after overwhelming opposition.
WHY IS GRANTSIDE SO KEEN TO BUILD ON THIS PLOT?
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Hide AdIt wants to build a £17m seven-storey structure with shops on the ground floor. It says the supply of Grade ‘A’ offices is at an historic low.
Critics claimed the original plans for a 10-storey building would have blocked natural light, destroyed privacy and damaged businesses.
Steve Davis, managing director of Grantside, said it had listened to feedback.
He added: “These major amendments address comments received and still deliver an exemplary office development of the highest quality in the heart of Sheffield, which is sensitive to its surroundings.
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Hide Ad“Grade ‘A’ offices on this site provide potential blue-chip occupiers with an option for office accommodation in Sheffield city centre.
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“Bringing further office workers into the city is vitally important to Sheffield’s future long-term economic growth.”
The building would replace two office blocks from the 1960s and 70s. The plans ignited a debate about whether ‘city living’ or ‘city working’ should prevail.
WHO WERE THE OBJECTORS?
In August, objectors claimed 40 apartments in St Paul’s Chambers, Berona House and Waterhouse would lose light. They were supported by Coun Martin Phipps.
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Hide AdOne earlier objection states: “Even in 2019, the Sheffield Our City Our Future report recommended there was more than sufficient space, and this was before changes in work patterns as a result of COVID.”
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