I have just read in the telegraph that Wimpey have been given permission to build another housing estate.

Can the infrastructure cope with even more housing in this area?

Or will it benefit the local community?

I know that the area is very congested with heavy traffic at the moment, will more family houses add to this. Would the land have been put to better use in building a car park for more people to use Park and Ride.. I don't know the area too well.

Maybe it might just be an incentive to impose even more traffic restrictions on us.

Where are these houses going?

Is this the development alongside the old Malin Bridge mill ? I thought that was just going to be a small block of flats rather than a housing estate.

It is at the bottom of Stannington Road, next to the Malin Bridge Sports and Social Club. You are right, it is a block of blocks of apartments, so I guess this is not necessarily a family development. But there will be 112 apartments.

It was interesting to note too, that apartment prices are falling in Sheffield. Is it time for a re-think on what is needed and what is being built.

=pippadoll;2916654]It is at teh bottom of Stannington Road, next to the Malin Bridge Sports and Social Club. You are right, it is a block of seven apartments, so I guess this is not necessarily a family development. But there will be 112 apartments.


7 apartments or 112??

If it's housing for people who need it and not just more "Luxury" Yuppie flats, then fair enough I don't have a problem with it, but if it's West One-esque Yuppie flats, leave 'em in Town I say!

I guess we won't know untill the buildings go up and they are priced.

If it's housing for people who need it and not just more "Luxury" Yuppie flats, then fair enough I don't have a problem with it, but if it's West One-esque Yuppie flats, leave 'em in Town I say!

If its private housing who are you to say who should and shouldn't be allowed to live there?

More housing is definitely needed, I just hope any in S6 comes with adequate parking facilities. Even though there's a park and ride on the doorstep, that only works for people who want to go where the tram goes.

Redevelopment shouldnt be frowned upon. Its a way of breathing new life into areas. It also tends to have a habit of raising the prices of surrounding areas.

I am more concerned with what and where they are building.
There has been such an influx of new housing all over that area and the road infrastructure doesn't seem to be able to cope.

Also concerned about the obsession with building luxury flats and apartments. I couldn't imagine wanting to live in a flat, surrounded by people on every side. Maybe it is a sign of my age, but do people not want to live in a house.