Kelham Island co-living development set for approval

Plans for a co-living development at Kelham Island in Sheffield have been recommended for approval ahead of a meeting next week.Grantside, supported by Urbana Town Planning and Cartwright Pickard, submitted an application to Sheffield City Council earlier this year for a site bounded by Bowling Green Street, Ward Street and South Parade.Under the ‘Hive Central’ plans, a former industrial site in the Kelham Island district would be redeveloped with a new building designed to achieve a net zero carbon rating.The new building would feature 90 one- and two-bedroom apartments on the upper floors, with communal spaces including a rooftop garden.Commercial space aimed at local start-ups would be provided at ground floor level around a central shared covered courtyard. Grantside hopes to attract a cycle sale, hire and repair shop alongside a bakery, market deli and artists’ studios and co-working spaces.The project aims to encourage the arts and cultural scene in the area, and Grantside is working with arts expert Matthew Jarratt to establish residencies and commissions aimed at new and emerging artists as a key part of the development.The application has been recommended for approval, subject to conditions, in an officer’s report prepared for the council’s planning and highways committee meeting on 19 October 2021.