New Sheffield 12-storey apartments scheme set for approval
Plans to build two apartment buildings on the site of a former Sheffield car dealership are set to be decided upon next week.
The proposal to build 318 apartments is for a 12-storey building at the junction of Summerfield Street and Pomona Street in Sharrow on the site of a Gordon Lamb car dealership . A second U-shaped block of up to 10 storeys would wrap around raised communal outdoor space at the neighbouring Brook Place apartments.
The outdoor space would be shared with Brook Place.
The second block would also house a commercial unit, 471 cycle spaces and 39 car parking spaces. The outdoor space would include a new public riverside walkway running along the south side of the Porter Brook.
The proposals are recommended for approval by Sheffield City Council’s planning and highways committee next Tuesday (December 9).
A report to the committee says that planning permission was previously granted for 7-to-10-storey buildings housing accommodation for 150 students plus 237 studios/apartments, retail space and a cafe or restaurant.
Several other large-scale schemes have been proposed for the site, dating back to 2005.
The plans have attracted 28 objections, including 15 from residents of the neighbouring Porterbrook2 apartments. Objections refer to over-development of the site, overshadowing of Porterbrook2 and its communal garden and a loss of privacy to balconies and windows.
The report to the committee states: “Whilst there will be a change in the outlook from nearby residents which look over this cleared site, there is sufficient distance to existing occupiers of neighbouring buildings to prevent any adverse or unacceptable impact from the development.”