Plans for new Sheffield care home receives almost 200 objections

Developers want to build a four storey building with 80 beds and car parking between 216B and 288 Twentywell Lane at Bradway.

It would include individual en-suite bedrooms, communal lounge and dining room, kitchen areas, staff spaces, a residents’ cafe and cinema plus 34 parking spaces.

There have been 184 objections about the building being an overdevelopment – the design has been described as looking like a prison; budget hotel; student accommodation; industrial unit and modern secondary school.

The site is currently largely vacant with multiple trees and local residents are worried about the ecological impact and are concerned about noise, pollution, traffic and road safety.

Bradway Action Group, local councillors Martin Smith and Colin Ross, Sheffield Hallam MP Olivia Blake and Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust have all backed residents but planners are advising councillors to approve the scheme.

They say it would release other homes onto the market and the site is classed as a housing area, not green open space.

In a report, planners say: “The design is appropriate within its context and implications on neighbours’ living conditions would be acceptable.

“The proposal contains adequate off-street parking and satisfactory access to and from the highway network.

“The work would not cause significant impacts in ecological terms. The impacts on trees and landscaping have been assessed and are acceptable.”

The report can be read here and councillors will make a decision on Tuesday, November 17.

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