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
And the burnt out buildings still stand😂
ReplyDeleteThe House in Multiple Occupation above the old H Samuel building sounds as though it is going to be a hostel of some kind.
ReplyDeleteIt'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...)
ReplyDeleteAs 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.
Absolutely I noticed work started earlier this month above Samuels
DeleteAlso above the old wrays butchers seems to be having religious meetings upstairs, I assume the appropriate fire risk assessments have been done.
They are doing hellfire risks at the moment
DeleteMultiple 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!
ReplyDeleteWhat possible evidence do you have that it is intended for refugees? Is it possible for you to comment without being racist?
DeleteWell simply look at virtually every other development intisn centre,not racist to state what the eyes see,I not 'colour'blind!
DeleteQuality 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!
ReplyDeleteYou are not a pleasant person really
ReplyDeleteUnpleasant...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!
DeleteYou sound like the fellow who is always writing to the Advertiser. He's boring as well.
ReplyDeleteAs 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.
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ReplyDeleteThat would be the Chequers then?
DeleteAs 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.
ReplyDeleteIs it true that you have a tattoo of a thermos flask?
ReplyDeleteOut 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.
ReplyDeleteGosh, 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.
ReplyDeletePS. 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.
ReplyDeleteI remember Mrs Fox very well. She was an inspirational teacher and a lovely person.
ReplyDeleteWellgate 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
ReplyDeleteAny other Old Wellgatians out there?
ReplyDeleteThis is an article about residential conversions, not an article about memories of Wellgate and your old teachers. Bore off.
ReplyDeleteJust for your and your anger management counsellor's information, Wellgate School was demolished so that accommodation for the Asian community could be built.
DeleteKeep your nose out darling.
DeleteMade some lifelong friends at Wellgate. Happy days.
ReplyDeleteJez, nobody cares.
DeleteSpeak for yourself Grouchy
DeleteDid you know Margie Dodds?
DeleteWasn't she in the same class as Robert Tateson?
DeleteMy, but there are some grumpy, ill mannered posters on here.
ReplyDeleteI think it is probably just one person who can't help being rude and abusive. The same one who calls men "darling".
ReplyDeleteAlright 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?
DeletePlease 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?
DeleteI 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.
DeleteBe careful. He/she gets easily upset
DeleteIs 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?
DeleteYeh, 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? ;-)
ReplyDeleteWe have been told not to post any more comments about Wellgate school.
ReplyDeleteI seem to remember that there were four teams at Wellgate - Sandringham, Balmoral, Windsor and Buckingham? and wasn't the music teacher a Mr Baker?
DeleteRemember a Miss Marsden who was a bit of a terror
DeleteToots! I laughed out loud!
ReplyDeleteEasily amused then?
DeleteNo I don't know Margie Dodds and like most people on here, I couldn't give a flying.
ReplyDeleteWow, yeah Margie Dodds. Used to sit next to Elaine someone or other. Was in the school choir.
DeleteAnd the Salvation Army band
DeleteReptile
ReplyDeleteIts good to see everyone getting along
ReplyDeleteIs someone trying to say that Margie is a reptile? Never adder down as one of those.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt she wil viper way her tears
DeleteI apologise for those last comments, they weren't funny. I am not, never have been, and never will be funny.
ReplyDeleteHave you nothing better to do?
DeleteJez2 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?
ReplyDeleteLooks like he's not prepared to take sound advice.
DeleteI am obviously a boa but I won't let it rattle me or constrict me too much.
ReplyDeleteGood for you Jez. Your doppelgangers obviously have no sense of humour or fun
ReplyDeleteAnd watch out for snakes in the grass
DeleteGood for you Jez. Your doppelgangers obviously have no sense of humour or fun
ReplyDeleteI love a good double act
ReplyDeleteHissssterical....
ReplyDeletePeople are objecting too such developments up and down country,people simply don't want these bogus refugees in there towns,indeed even there country.
ReplyDeleteDo you mean "to such developments", "their towns" and" their country"?
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