Final phase of plans submitted for brutalist estate regeneration

An application for the final phase of redevelopment at Sheffield’s landmark Park Hill flats has been lodged with the city’s council.

Proposals for the estate’s Talbot Street block include creating 105 new apartments, along with commercial space and parking for cars and bikes.

The block is the last stage in the wider regeneration scheme of the Grade II-listed building, which began in 2008.

Plans include homes ranging from one-bed to four-bedrooms, semi-private communal gardens and balconies.

And the development would create a total of 142 cycling spaces and 32 car parking spaces, which would be situated off South Street.

The brutalist style Park Hill estate, hailed as the most ambitious inner-city development of its time, was first opened in 1961 to replace slum terraces.

Its buildings, which cover an area of 17 acres, originally contained nearly 1,000 flats. However, by the 1980s the site was being branded an eyesore, having become rundown and notorious for crime.

Park Hill is being redeveloped by joint development partners Urban Splash and Places for People.

So far they have overseen the creation of 455 new homes, accommodation for 356 students, more than 50,000 sq ft of workspace, and extensive landscaping and green spaces for residents.