£67m allocated to build new neighbourhoods at Furnace Hill & Neepsend

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A major redevelopment will see two new neighbourhoods created in Sheffield, unlocking 1326 new homes, commercial spaces and more, Sheffield City Council have announced.

 

The new neighbourhoods will be located in Furnace Hill and Neepsend and the scheme will cost £67million of public funding.

 

 

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Two brand new residential neighbourhoods in Sheffield city centre providing 1,300 new homes, have been handed a major, multi-million-pound boost.

 

As well as new homes, the £67m funding for the new developments at Furnace Hill and Neepsend will unlock commercial space and lead to a major redevelopment of the areas.

 

Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove, announced the funding at the Convention of the North event in Leeds on Friday 1 March.

 

Development of the proposals, which has been led by the Sheffield Together – Housing Growth Board, will now be able to support important land assembly and enabling works across the sites. The Sheffield Together Housing Growth Board is chaired by Sheffield City Council’s Chief Executive Kate Josephs and includes representatives from the Council, Homes England, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, the Sheffield Property Association, and the South Yorkshire Housing Partnership.

 

Under the plans, Furnace Hill and Neepsend will be transformed into two distinctive neighbourhoods, capitalising on their historic and natural assets. The developments will also include a network of new public spaces and streets to improve connections between the city centre and Kelham Island.

[Mantaspook 14]

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Forumers may be interested in this document which gives a good overview of what is being proposed.

 

For quick navigation, for NEEPSEND look up Character Area 1 (CA1), for Furnace Hill look up Character Area 2 (CA2)

 

It looks like the council recognise potential problems with flooding on the Neepsend area sites and will be taking measures to mitigate them, ie, building at least 8m from the river, building up the river banks & incorporating building designs such as (“sacrificial”) garage space at low level with living space on top.  

 

The whole Penistone Road / Rutland Road  area could do with a re-vamp to make the area useful again, there’s just been a huge pile of rubble on the site since they demolished the Osborn Mushet building in 2007.

[hackey lad 4,009]

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Forumers may be interested in this document which gives a good overview of what is being proposed.

 

For quick navigation, for NEEPSEND look up Character Area 1 (CA1), for Furnace Hill look up Character Area 2 (CA2)

 

It looks like the council recognise potential problems with flooding on the Neepsend area sites and will be taking measures to mitigate them, ie, building at least 8m from the river, building up the river banks & incorporating building designs such as (“sacrificial”) garage space at low level with living space on top.  

 

The whole Penistone Road / Rutland Road  area could do with a re-vamp to make the area useful again, there’s just been a huge pile of rubble on the site since they demolished the Osborn Mushet building in 2007.

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[cuttsie 1,096]

Let us hope that it is social housing so as the grand children of the workers who lived and worked in the area,    often in dangerous jobs , swallowing the dust smoke and fumes can have a place of their own .

Neepsend and Parkwood  deserve to be repopulated by the family's that made the area and the City World famous .

[cuttsie 1,096]

As to the potential flooding , build the foundations and floor levels above any flood  level  its not rocket science you architects ,  sort it . 

[Findlay 116]

Bunch of idiots coming up with idiotic plans.
Where have these idiots been for the last twenty odd years?
There should be a national rule not to build homes within half a mile of a river, or at least a kilometre with foundations or full ground works elevation above 10m  from normal water levels.
Homes for rats.

[Vrsaljko 219]

1 hour ago, Findlay said:

There should be a national rule not to build homes within half a mile of a river

That's a bit of a ridiculous suggestion. Most of south and west Sheffield is within half a mile of a river. Surely it depends on the terrain more than anything. My house is about 300 yards from the River Sheaf but it's on a fairly steep hill, so there's no chance of it flooding.

[Findlay 116]

28 minutes ago, Vrsaljko said:

That's a bit of a ridiculous suggestion. Most of south and west Sheffield is within half a mile of a river. Surely it depends on the terrain more than anything. My house is about 300 yards from the River Sheaf but it's on a fairly steep hill, so there's no chance of it flooding.

You might think its ridiculous now and same of those 200 years ago when people built homes near rivers and water supplies.

Just can't do it anymore its not ethical or sustainable. 
Rivers need to be a clearway a mile wide, half a mile either side, full of trees and left to wildlife.

 

[hackey lad 4,009]

Well done the Government .

[Irene Swaine 1,073]

Furnace Hill...that well known Sheffield suburb. 🙄