JFKvsNixon Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 No. Unfortunately the developers need to work in partnership with the council to come up with a realistic plan in a city centre redevelopment scheme. If they could tip up, plan, redevelop and go without involving the council we would have had a shiny new city centre by now. So don't believe that the problem is the issue of finances? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 There can't be that much austerity in Sheffield. I am told that the council have already spent over £60 million and that a few days ago the councillor in charge said that it was not certain to happen. I'll believe it when I see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penistone999 Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 They didn't "block" Ikea. Ikea originally sought to develop the old YEB site on Parkway Avenue, which was not in an area zoned for retail, so didn't comply with planning policy and was deemed to have significant detrimental impacts, so, as I recall, Ikea withdrew it and went off to look for another site. They then later applied for consent at the Tinsley Wire site and got it. Most people aren't very aware of planning policy and don't understand it, which is probably why they find some decisions strange. The Council don't "give" land to developers. On developments like Sevenstone, they can use their powers to assemble the site and then sell the land to the developer. Of course there is a buy-back clause in the event of the development failing, which I believe has been exercised in the case of Sevenstone. I had no involvement with developments like this, but I heard that Hammersons did have an agreement to start the Sevenstone development by a particular date, but they asked the Council to defer it. Council reluctantly agreed, but the timescale dragged on and on and the Council finally lost patience with them and "divorced" them from the partnership. I guess we will never know the real reasons why Hammerson didn't want to commit to Sevenstone. We've seen similar things happen in other towns (Bradford was one as I recall), so it's not exclusive to Sheffield. Really ? That giant Macro store must be a mirage then . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wazzock Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Really ? That giant Macro store must be a mirage then . That's not retail, it's wholesale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 That's not retail, it's wholesale. Really, it's both. As a wholesaler, it's quite expensive compared to discount retailers. So it probably makes enough from wholesalers (or business-owners) who do their personal retail shopping there, but it lost its USP when Sunday Trading laws were liberalised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ormester101 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Really ? That giant Macro store must be a mirage then . and the costco around the corner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny5 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 and the costco around the corner Yeah but nothing the council could do about it though. Their hands were tied by silly rules from the Tories in Westminster. VOTE LABOUR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 They didn't "block" Ikea. Ikea originally sought to develop the old YEB site on Parkway Avenue, which was not in an area zoned for retail, so didn't comply with planning policy and was deemed to have significant detrimental impacts, so, as I recall, Ikea withdrew it and went off to look for another site. They then later applied for consent at the Tinsley Wire site and got it. . I'm reliably informed that they did block IKEA on Parkway and that the Tinsley Wire location had the same planning zone designation. What changed was that NEXT won a planning appeal that cost the council millions and destroyed the council's excuses for preventing IKEA coming to Sheffield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmourDesign Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Yeah but nothing the council could do about it though. Their hands were tied by silly rules from the Tories in Westminster. VOTE LABOUR! Haha.....I thought that everyone in Sheffield are the only people in the country who does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I thought that everyone in Sheffield are the only people in the country who does. Er, can we have that again- in English, this time? "..everyone...are the only people...?" "..who does": what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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