City apartment block approved in area ‘ripe for development’

Plans for a new build-to-rent apartment scheme in Sheffield’s Nursery Street area have been approved by city councillors.

Developed by the Parklane Group, the project designed by the team at Sheffield architectural practice CODA features a mix of 102 studios, one-bed, and two-bed apartments.

Its amenities include a gym, co-working and meeting spaces, a garden terrace, a private dining room for hosting dinner parties and a podcasting studio.

Leeds-based Parklane Group’s (PLG) previous Sheffield schemes include the transformation a former bakery in the Castle Gate area into 12 one-bedroom apartments.

Haaris Ahmed, of Parklane Group, said: “We are thrilled to get planning permission which will allow us to deliver a large number of new homes complemented by amazing communal facilities including a roof terrace, co-working space, and a gym.

“This is a high quality development in what we believe is an increasingly attractive area of Sheffield and we are pleased that, after working closely with planning officers, planning committee members have appreciated the value of this project in bringing new life to a part of the city that is ripe for redevelopment.”

CODA director, Matt Bowker, added: “This particular site has been dormant for something like two decades now and we see this project as very much at the heart of the Wicker Riverside area.

“Following the regeneration of Kelham Island and Neepsend, the Wicker Riverside is the logical next step in the rediscovery of this part of the city centre.

“We are very excited to be working with Parkland to be delivering high quality new homes into this emerging new neighbourhood.”