Some Sheffield developments take a long time, with work going on in the background - others are dead in the water.
It can be impossible for a passer-by to know the difference. All they see is a building, or an empty site, unchanging as weeks turn into months and turn into years.
There can be many reasons why, including a lack of funding. A developer’s attention may be drawn elsewhere, or there could be planning issues - or a pandemic.
With the city council, it appears capacity could be the issue. When it won millions in Levelling Up and Future High Streets funding in 2020 and 2021 there just didn’t seem to be enough officers to do everything - Event Central, Fargate, Castlegate, Attercliffe High Street etc, all at once.
But we haven’t given up hope. So, while this list is in some ways sad, it doesn’t mean that this time next year they won’t all be well on the way. Fingers crossed for the future!
There can be many reasons why, including a lack of funding. A developer’s attention may be drawn elsewhere, or there could be planning issues - or a pandemic.
![The crumbling, listed Central Library needs millions to fix the council doesn't have. Meanwhile a black hoarding stops bits falling on to people.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/02/01/7/03/Library.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
5. Central Library
The crumbling, listed Central Library needs millions to fix the council doesn't have. Meanwhile a black hoarding stops bits falling on to people. | National World
![Announced in 2020, CODE Sheffield is set to be more than 1,000 student flats. Currently an empty plot, contractors and funders are deciding whether it should be 32, 36 or 38 floors high.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjUxZTZhYjA3LTcyZDgtNDNhNC04ZDRhLWIwOThhZmZlYTg1ZDpiZGI0MjQ2My1hYTZmLTRjYzctYTFmYy04MTQ5NDExMmMzMDE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
6. CODE Sheffield
Announced in 2020, CODE Sheffield is set to be more than 1,000 student flats. Currently an empty plot, contractors and funders are deciding whether it should be 32, 36 or 38 floors high. | Other Photo: /
![The Ski Village is a frustrating case. An amazing city centre site that just hasn't had the luck. A new ski village plan came and went, then a 'gravity park' luge and mountain biking proposal. But Swansea pipped Sheffield to the post. It is unclear where it stands currently.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/02/01/8/16/Skyline2.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
7. Ski Village
The Ski Village is a frustrating case. An amazing city centre site that just hasn't had the luck. A new ski village plan came and went, then a 'gravity park' luge and mountain biking proposal. But Swansea pipped Sheffield to the post. It is unclear where it stands currently. | Other
![Sheffield's saddest looking building. Eleven proposals for bars, restaurants, Apple shop and spa over 16 years haven't worked out. The latest idea is offices.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/02/01/8/27/Citadel.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
8. Salvation Army Citadel
Sheffield's saddest looking building. Eleven proposals for bars, restaurants, Apple shop and spa over 16 years haven't worked out. The latest idea is offices. | National World