Increasing new home building in Sheffield: Monthly message from Cllr Hunt

14 August 2024

Cllr Tom Hunt, Leader of Sheffield City Council, talks about house building developments across the city.

In the last month, major new housing and regeneration schemes on brownfield land have been given the green light. Phase One of Attercliffe Waterside has secured planning permission. This is a major step forward for the regeneration of Attercliffe. Phase One will provide 362 new homes, new commercial and public space and a new footbridge over the canal. Around 1,000 homes will be delivered in 3 phases.
Plans to transform the former Cannon Brewery site in Neepsend have also been given the green light. Over 500 new homes, workspaces and public spaces will be provided to create a new neighbourhood.
Developing plans for three new neighbourhoods at Neepsend and Furnace Hill, Moorfoot and around the station. They will be neighbourhoods for all with affordable homes, public transport, social infrastructure like healthcare and green spaces planned in from the beginning.
As part of our commitment to bring forward over 1000 new council homes in the next five years, we will build new council homes at Newstead and Bole Hill View.
Continue to support housing associations to build more affordable homes. On London Road, a former used car sales forecourt has been replaced by 51 new homes that will be available for social rent by Great Places Housing Group.
Also working hard to tackle homelessness. Sheffield is one of six places in the UK chosen to be part of the Homewards programme, led by HRH the Prince of Wales and The Royal Foundation which aims to end homelessness.
Cllr Hunt recently joined the International Mayor’s Council on Homelessness to represent Sheffield. Alongside the Mayors of Paris, London, Sao Paulo and other major city leaders around the world sharing the good work that Sheffield is doing and learning from others.
Cllr Hunt joined the Deputy Prime Minister and the Housing Minister in London for a discussion about how councils and government can work together to deliver new affordable and social housing.
Developed a new draft Housing Strategy for the next 10 years to enable all of our communities to have access to homes and neighbourhoods that meet their needs. A public consultation has just finished and we are now working through all of your ideas and feedback.

If anyone has any questions or ideas about housing in Sheffield they can contact Cllr Hunt on leader@sheffield.gov.uk