Sheffield jobs: Plans show two new warehouses in South Yorkshire close to Hermes hub could create 600 roles

If approved the warehouses will be built off Sheffield Road, next to the 363,000sq ft Hemes hub which is due to open next year.

The new warehouses could create up to 600 jobs, according to plans submitted by Newlands Developments.

The warehouses would have a combined floorspace of 41,900 sq.m, and would include 289 car parking spaces, 105 HGV spaces, and 42 bike spaces.

A report to be considered by the planning board at their next meeting on December 21 states that: “significant engineering operations are being undertaken on the application site itself to create the platforms that are necessary for future development to come forward.”

Permission for the works were part of the Hermes application.

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Twenty letters of objection have been submitted, on the grounds of increased traffic and congestion, air quality and pollution, loss of habitat and greenspace, construction noise and dust, loss of value of property, and health and safety of residents.

Tankersley Parish Council state that “steps should be taken to stop increasing traffic turning left along Tankersley Lane, HGV’s in Pilley, congestion at J36, and ensure [the] safety of pedestrians.”

Access to the site will be taken from the new link road that is currently under construction to the Hermes warehouse, which planning documents say will reduce noise for residents along Sheffield Road.

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Planning documents state: “With a recent Guardian article highlighting Barnsley as one of the places staging the fastest recovery, in large part due to Hermes committing to building its largest warehouse in Europe we believe it is important to build upon this and deliver additional jobs and investment in the borough.

“There will be some detrimental impacts to residential amenity, but these will be temporary for the most part, although a small number of residents on Sheffield Road and Parkside Farm will experience impacts on visual amenity in the longer term, which will be mitigated to some degree as landscaping matures.

“Environmental considerations are broadly neutral in that the negative impacts offset the identified positive elements.

“On this basis, the proposal is deemed a sustainable form of development and is acceptable in planning terms.”

The plans have been recommended for approval.