Stocksbridge Development-Retail not Regeneration

[vwkittie]

Even the GP's surgery is moving down there so that will be another empty building...maybe they'll just bulldoze that to increase the size of the car park round the back?

 

Although...I live within walking distance of Bengal Spice so that can stay

 

I wondered what on earth's going to happen to the old doctors etc

 

I wonder how Lidl and the coop will cope with the new Aldi being there!

 

Not sure I'll shop there mind, I hate having my shopping thrown at me, I prefer the Lidl which is just that bit more relaxed.

 

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From the bumpf online it looks to be a substantial development, quite a few units to fill there so they must be trying to find something to put in them.

 

Maybe they could bulldoze the centre of Stocksbridge and move all the shops across, that main shopping area is proper minging!!

 

Agreed! That row of 60's type buildings is horrendous, it'd be great to relocate all those shops to the new development and get rid of that

[geared]

Just seen this bit in the news:

 

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/order-to-force-land-sale-for-42m-sheffield-project-set-to-be-agreed-1-7359997

 

Council chiefs are next week set to agree an order to force the sale of land required for a major £42m redevelopment scheme.

 

Tesco withdrew its plans for a supermarket at Fox Valley, Stocksbridge, in January.

 

A report to Sheffield Council’s cabinet says Tesco has not come forward with alternative plans and it was likely it would hoard off the land and ‘keep it vacant’. Despite negotiations, terms to sell the land terms have not been agreed and officers believe there is ‘no alternative’ but to seek a compulsory purchase order. Developer Dransfield Properties has come up with an alternative scheme for the unit involving Aldi.

 

The report said a compulsory purchase order needed to be secured in a ‘ a timely manner to start construction and deliver the supermarket to Aldi.”

 

I wasn't aware Tesco owned that piece of land, considering the contempt they have shown many communities around the country it's pretty poor form they would try and hoard that piece of land and stand in the way of further development.

[surly]

 

Not sure I'll shop there mind, I hate having my shopping thrown at me, I prefer the Lidl which is just that bit more relaxed.

 

 

 

I stopped shopping in Lidl after they there my shopping at me, are you telling me Aldi are worse?

 

Getting to like Sainsburys so not sure I'll be tempted by either.

[waldershelf]

The railway line is only a single line track right up to the steelworks ,and it always have flatbed trucks loaded with steel parked on there waiting for the evening steel train to take them over to Rotherham, so as it stands the line wouldnt be any good for public use.

 

 

 

Well if required can the steel works manage their carrages better?

Obviously they don't have to now, the line ends at their yard IIRC and no-one else uses it so there's no worries.

 

but if the line was changed to be public use as well would the yard be able to organise themselves?

 

Isn't there also issues with the line not quite going in the right direction to meet all the little villages along the valley properly?

 

The railway line that runs from exchange sidings at Deepcar onto the steelworks is not available for use by public transport. It belongs to the Stocksbridge Railway Company (a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata steel) it is not and never has been part of the national rail network. Any suggestion that the steelworks is in someway hampering "reopening" the line to public use is simply wrong, it was never open to public transport.

[Bonjon]

And now it's open, what are your thoughts? I've seen it being built and drive past it most days, I think it fits in great and will be a valued development in the valley.

 

I'll be popping down later after work, but passing impressions are good.

[geared]

from the website it looks like a decent number of shops.

 

Have they built a statue of Fantastic Mr Fox there?

[*_ash_*]

from the website it looks like a decent number of shops.

 

Have they built a statue of Fantastic Mr Fox there?

 

On the wall roughly here there is something on the wall about him.

[Bonjon]

from the website it looks like a decent number of shops.

 

Have they built a statue of Fantastic Mr Fox there?

 

Yes, there is a huge fox in the middle of the roundabout entering the development, he's holding an umbrella pointing too the retail park. There are also many other art works around the area including a huge mural by Pete Mckee - http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/video-sheffield-artist-pete-mckee-completes-biggest-ever-mural-1-7942095 And some more pictures here - http://www.foxvalleysheffield.co.uk/gallery

 

It was destined to have a Tesco but they pulled out, and there are still more shops to come, Sports direct have Fox Valley listed as a new store so they may also be opening.

 

In my opinion the Wadsley Sainsburys would have done better at Fox Valley, than it's current location.

Edited June 16, 2016 by Bonjon

[nohands]

The retail offer is an odd mix. Aldi, Sports Direct and Home Bargains on the one side, Sea Salt etc on the other.

 

Behind the retail a new housing estate is being built. It would be like living in a sink.

[Bilge]

...In my opinion the Wadsley Sainsburys...

 

Wadsley Bridge.