Corporation Street demolition: What's coming as bulldozers flatten Sheffield site, and what was there before

All that was left of the former workshops this morning was rubble, and a small remaining wall on the Alma Street part of the site.

The street has largely been transformed beyond recognition over the last few years.

Several mountains of bricks and rubble could be seen there earlier, with bulldozers and men in high vis working on the site.

The buildings which have been demolished include what was once the Bhambra Top Fashions wholesaler, and the old City Centre Clutch repairs garage - both pictured in the gallery below.

The demolition represents the first step of creating new housing blocks which will contain 128 flats.

They will be in two, five and seven storey high buildings, with artist’s impressions also pictured in the gallery.

The site is made up of two parcels of land between Shalesmoor/ Corporation Street, Cotton Mill Row and Alma Street, sitting at the eastern edge of the Kelham Island Industrial Conservation Area.

The plans initially attracted seven letters of objections to Sheffield Council, as well as one from Sheffield City Councillor Ruth Mersereau on behalf of the three City Ward councillors and a petition signed by residents from 15 addresses.

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The main issue for those against the development was the loss of light, with people living in nearby existing flats on Cotton Mill Row concerned with the height overshadowing their homes.

The agent for the application, Charles Dunn, said the development represented a “significant opportunity to continue the transformation of this part of Sheffield city centre”.

Sheffield Conservation Advisory Group had raised concerns about the loss of the 19th century former Colver Wire Works, also feeling that the flats were too high and paid no respect to the surroundings and what was there before.