Approval set for Sheffield residential cluster despite objections

PLANS for three student residential sites in Sheffield at Hollis Croft have been plagued with objections, but despite this, recommendations have been given for their approval.

The first development would be located at Hollis Croft and Garden Street.

If approved it would deliver 84 studio apartments and 22 cluster flats, totalling 243 bedspaces with a concierge, laundry, cinema room, and rooftop bar.

The second site is located directly to the east of St Vincent’s Church and has frontages on Hollis Croft and White Lane.

The third is an 18-storey site which would see the demolition of existing buildings and the development of 346 studio apartments and 102 cluster flats providing totalling 972 bed spaces.

The site was formerly occupied by Footprint Tools but is now a car lot for BMW Sytner and has gained approval from the council.

A letter submitted on 10 October 2016 relating to the first development relayed objections from neighbouring businesses at early Victorian Vincent House saying that the new development would “dwarf” their building.

They said that the development would be “overbearing” and the modern style of the building “inappropriate” in a conservation area, which includes early Victorian architecture.

Toledo Works, a 19th century cutlery works is also located near the site and Historic England recommended a decision be delayed on the site to make amendments to the plans. They said it would also limit their ability to develop their own site in future.

Other objections to the sites included that there is an abundance of student accommodation in Sheffield, including Sharman Court which is nearby, as well as decreasing the number of permanent members of the communtiy, and that studio apartments are not in demand for the student sector.

 

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