News: Residential conversion planned for more Rotherham town centre properties
Private sector owners continue to agree with the Rotherham town centre masterplan, which confirmed the need for more housing.
Seperate change of use planning applications have been submitted to enable the conversion of commercial properties and use the upper floors for residential.
On Effingham Street, one of the prime shopping streets in Rotherham town centre, an application has been submitted by the owners of the vacant former jewellers.
24-26 Effingham Street, previously occupied by H Samuel until it closed during COVID-19 lockdown, sold for £150,000 when it went up for auction with Barnard Marcus in 2022.
Now new owners want to convert the vacant upper floors to four flats - one, 1 bed flat, one, 2 bed flat and two studios. The ground floor would remain as commercial use.
The council's environmental health team has already asked the applicant, Mr Yousaf, to carry out a noise impact assessment "to assess the potential impact of noise from general town centre footfall and fixed plant to nearby buildings and noise transmission between retail and residential units."
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Across town, on the corner of Corporation Street and Upper Millgate, a prominent building is in line for conversion.
Starting life as a restaurant before becoming a nightclub - known to many as Crestas, Precint or Diamonds - applicant, AKM Holding LTD, is applying for a change of use to use the space as a house in multiple occupation (HMO) with nine bedrooms.
Opposite the new £47m Forge Island development, Rothbiz reported last year that planning permission was sought to enable Favorite Chicken to open as a hot food takeaway in the empty ground floor unit.
The takeaway application has been granted but opening hours were resrticted and an extraction system secured through planning conditions.
Large housing developments in the town centre are being led by Rotherham Council, including replacing the burnt-out buildings on Corporation Street with a £6m scheme.
Other private sector led schemes include the approved plans to convert the upper floors at 5 - 9 All Saints Square and at 36 Bridgegate - Ashwoods Furniture - which is yet to be determined.
Images: Google Maps
Seperate change of use planning applications have been submitted to enable the conversion of commercial properties and use the upper floors for residential.
On Effingham Street, one of the prime shopping streets in Rotherham town centre, an application has been submitted by the owners of the vacant former jewellers.
24-26 Effingham Street, previously occupied by H Samuel until it closed during COVID-19 lockdown, sold for £150,000 when it went up for auction with Barnard Marcus in 2022.
Now new owners want to convert the vacant upper floors to four flats - one, 1 bed flat, one, 2 bed flat and two studios. The ground floor would remain as commercial use.
The council's environmental health team has already asked the applicant, Mr Yousaf, to carry out a noise impact assessment "to assess the potential impact of noise from general town centre footfall and fixed plant to nearby buildings and noise transmission between retail and residential units."
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Across town, on the corner of Corporation Street and Upper Millgate, a prominent building is in line for conversion.
Starting life as a restaurant before becoming a nightclub - known to many as Crestas, Precint or Diamonds - applicant, AKM Holding LTD, is applying for a change of use to use the space as a house in multiple occupation (HMO) with nine bedrooms.
Opposite the new £47m Forge Island development, Rothbiz reported last year that planning permission was sought to enable Favorite Chicken to open as a hot food takeaway in the empty ground floor unit.
The takeaway application has been granted but opening hours were resrticted and an extraction system secured through planning conditions.
Large housing developments in the town centre are being led by Rotherham Council, including replacing the burnt-out buildings on Corporation Street with a £6m scheme.
Other private sector led schemes include the approved plans to convert the upper floors at 5 - 9 All Saints Square and at 36 Bridgegate - Ashwoods Furniture - which is yet to be determined.
Images: Google Maps
63 comments:
And the burnt out buildings still stand😂
The House in Multiple Occupation above the old H Samuel building sounds as though it is going to be a hostel of some kind.
It's a bit late for the planning permission on H Samuel. The owners have been busy developing that building for weeks! If this has been done illegally, then I hope RMBC has the gumption to take steps to resolve it (before the work started...)
As for the one on that used to be Diamonds etc. That was last seen being used as a cannabis farm and has been largely empty for quite a long time. It will be interesting to see what RMBC thinks about the HMO right next door to its flagship regeneration project.
Multiple occupancy aka homes for those wonderful invited guests who make there way over on boats.RMBC haven't got a clue,they want to encourage people into town on evenings,then allow developments like this,forge island is the great hope for town centre,they're going to screw it up!
Quality conversion that's ok,but multiple occupancy,will be full of the very people that put people off venturing into Rotherham on an evening, basically soap dodging,alcohol,druggies or newly arrived!
Absolutely I noticed work started earlier this month above Samuels
Also above the old wrays butchers seems to be having religious meetings upstairs, I assume the appropriate fire risk assessments have been done.
What possible evidence do you have that it is intended for refugees? Is it possible for you to comment without being racist?
They are doing hellfire risks at the moment
You are not a pleasant person really
You sound like the fellow who is always writing to the Advertiser. He's boring as well.
As a newly arrived soap dodging, alcoholic druggie, could you let me know where you sign on and post me details of your anger management counsellor? Ta ever so.
As the fellow who keeps writing very long letters to the Advertiser, I can tell you that I am very much not boring. My wife and I used to have scintillating discussions about my button and bucket collections and would still be doing so if she hadn't left me.
Is it true that you have a tattoo of a thermos flask?
Out of order! I was in the same class as "Advertiser Guy" and he was always life and soul of the party. His three hour project presentation to the class on how to remove verdigris from a zinc budget had us spellbound.
That would be the Chequers then?
Unpleasant...but simply the truth and what vast majority say is one of reasons that puts em of visiting the town centre,that and no shop's!
Gosh, I think we must have been in the same class at Wellgate! I remember that day very well. It was the day I caught nits from Barry Struggles.
PS. If you happen to be Rosemary Burton, I'm sorry about the bike shed incident.
I may have been in the year below you at Wellgate. We had a really lovely headmistress called Mrs Fox. You do well to apologise for the Rosemary Burton bike shed incident. She was still having nightmares for years and it completely spoiled her wedding night.
I remember Mrs Fox very well. She was an inspirational teacher and a lovely person.
Well simply look at virtually every other development intisn centre,not racist to state what the eyes see,I not 'colour'blind!
Wellgate was a fantastic school and it was sad to see it demolished some years ago. I have wonderful memories of making the daily walk down Aldred Street
Any other Old Wellgatians out there?
This is an article about residential conversions, not an article about memories of Wellgate and your old teachers. Bore off.
Made some lifelong friends at Wellgate. Happy days.
Just for your and your anger management counsellor's information, Wellgate School was demolished so that accommodation for the Asian community could be built.
Keep your nose out darling.
Jez, nobody cares.
My, but there are some grumpy, ill mannered posters on here.
I think it is probably just one person who can't help being rude and abusive. The same one who calls men "darling".
Speak for yourself Grouchy
Alright Sweetheart, Maybe you can explain how it’s possible to know if an anonymous comment with no reference to their gender is from a man?
Please show me where I said you were a man. In all probability you are not a man. More likely a poorly behaved and not very bright schoolboy. Isn't it past your bedtime?
I never said that anyone said I was a man or can you not read? Did you say ‘The same one who calls men "darling"’? If that was you, then that’s what I was talking about. If it wasn’t you then I wasn’t talking to you so keep your nose out toots. Even a kid wouldn’t be in bed at 1:20pm.
Be careful. He/she gets easily upset
Is the guy who told a poster to keep his nose out for real. He posts a comment and when someone replies he tells them to mind their own business?
Yeh, right!
Not being an old Wellgateonian, I do hope the details of the ill feted wedding night will be revealed at some point in the future - or was that part of the problem? ;-)
We have been told not to post any more comments about Wellgate school.
Toots! I laughed out loud!
Did you know Margie Dodds?
No I don't know Margie Dodds and like most people on here, I couldn't give a flying.
Reptile
I seem to remember that there were four teams at Wellgate - Sandringham, Balmoral, Windsor and Buckingham? and wasn't the music teacher a Mr Baker?
Wasn't she in the same class as Robert Tateson?
Wow, yeah Margie Dodds. Used to sit next to Elaine someone or other. Was in the school choir.
Easily amused then?
Remember a Miss Marsden who was a bit of a terror
And the Salvation Army band
Its good to see everyone getting along
Is someone trying to say that Margie is a reptile? Never adder down as one of those.
I apologise for those last comments, they weren't funny. I am not, never have been, and never will be funny.
Jez2 you need to be careful mate. You are treading a fine line with some of your recent posts as the authorities don't look kindly on cyber stalking. Maybe you should delete one or two of your posts and the rein it in a bit?
No doubt she wil viper way her tears
I am obviously a boa but I won't let it rattle me or constrict me too much.
Good for you Jez. Your doppelgangers obviously have no sense of humour or fun
Good for you Jez. Your doppelgangers obviously have no sense of humour or fun
I love a good double act
Hissssterical....
Have you nothing better to do?
And watch out for snakes in the grass
People are objecting too such developments up and down country,people simply don't want these bogus refugees in there towns,indeed even there country.
Do you mean "to such developments", "their towns" and" their country"?
Looks like he's not prepared to take sound advice.
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