News: Demolition plans for Rotherham retail parade
The wrecking ball appears to be imminent for a parade of council-owned shops on the edge of Rotherham town centre.
Rothbiz reported in May that the derelict properties that make up 86 - 102 Wellgate were set to be sold off by the council and scheduled to go under the hammer with Pugh's online property auction.
The lot was withdrawn before the auction took place.
Now Rotherham Council has secured planning permission regarding the method of demolition for the vacant parade of shops.
Planning documents state: "The application proposes the full demolition of the terraced properties including foundations and bases, leaving the site area evenly graded, backfilling voids with clean fill material to remove all trip hazards.
"The demolition works will take approximately 10 weeks to complete with the materials being removed from site for recycling where possible by a licensed facility.
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"Following completion of the works, the boundary to Wellgate will be secured by 2.5m high solid hoarding security panels until future development of the site is undertaken.
"The buildings are no longer fit for purpose and deteriorating in condition. The buildings are proposed to be demolished, and future development of the site will then be considered."
When up for auction the lot was given the guide price of £25,000 and advertised as a redevelopment opportunity comprising a site extending to approximately 0.19 acres. A legal clause stated that the site will be required to be redeveloped for residential purposes only.
Rothbiz reported back in 2021 that the authority had set aside £200,000 from its budget for a programme to demolish the underutilised parade.
When housing developments were being built on the Henley's Garage site nearby - two apartment blocks containing 34 homes and 20 two and three-storey terraced houses - Rotherham Council said that the Wellgate parade of units was "considered a blight on the improving area."
Images: Google Maps
Rothbiz reported in May that the derelict properties that make up 86 - 102 Wellgate were set to be sold off by the council and scheduled to go under the hammer with Pugh's online property auction.
The lot was withdrawn before the auction took place.
Now Rotherham Council has secured planning permission regarding the method of demolition for the vacant parade of shops.
Planning documents state: "The application proposes the full demolition of the terraced properties including foundations and bases, leaving the site area evenly graded, backfilling voids with clean fill material to remove all trip hazards.
"The demolition works will take approximately 10 weeks to complete with the materials being removed from site for recycling where possible by a licensed facility.
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"Following completion of the works, the boundary to Wellgate will be secured by 2.5m high solid hoarding security panels until future development of the site is undertaken.
"The buildings are no longer fit for purpose and deteriorating in condition. The buildings are proposed to be demolished, and future development of the site will then be considered."
When up for auction the lot was given the guide price of £25,000 and advertised as a redevelopment opportunity comprising a site extending to approximately 0.19 acres. A legal clause stated that the site will be required to be redeveloped for residential purposes only.
Rothbiz reported back in 2021 that the authority had set aside £200,000 from its budget for a programme to demolish the underutilised parade.
When housing developments were being built on the Henley's Garage site nearby - two apartment blocks containing 34 homes and 20 two and three-storey terraced houses - Rotherham Council said that the Wellgate parade of units was "considered a blight on the improving area."
Images: Google Maps
20 comments:
Why stop there …
I would flatten most of Rotherham town centre and start again.
Like they've done most other towns and why most other towns have shops,bars restaurants and aren't simply dumping grounds for the worlds and our own rubbish!
I take it you haven't been to 'most other towns'. There are a lot more town centres like Rotherham than not.
AnonymousDecember 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Name some & give your reasons
Not in South Yorkshire there isn't,and there's very few so bad as Rotherham that are of a size of Rotherham.
So you clearly haven't visited Mexbrough or Doncaster High Street recently or seen in yesterday's news that a Barnsley mini market has been closed down for 3 months for illegal trading.
And he's also never been to Blackpool, Redcar, Hartlepool or Goole.
Boston,Clacton miles worse than Rotherham.
Torquay Town centre is awful.
It's all the effluence.being pumped into the bay
Scunthorpe, Dewsbury, Mansfield...
Crewe,Bradford, Shipley,Bingley, Rochdale.
The beach is like poo bay
…and the reasons?
The same reasons as Rotherham.
So this means RMBC already have a buyer for the land & it's a councillor's mate who doesn't want to have to pay for the demo so RMBC are doing it at taxpayer's expense.
Good ol' Labour corruption. This is why they keep cancelling elections. Because when another party gets in, it'll all be uncovered.
You don't half talk tripe mate.
He's fluent in it.
Hemakes Mr Me sound academic
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