Concerns over plan to build eight flats

RESIDENTS HAVE objected to plans to demolish a building and replace it with several new apartments for retired people, amid concerns over an increase in traffic and the carbon footprint.

Bowood Developments submitted the plans for the site in Brocco Bank, Sheffield, which was previously used for residential purposes and is subdivided into 12 bedsits and one-bed apartments.

If approved by Sheffield Council, the existing building will be demolished and a four-storey block of eight apartments with a car park and gardens will be built in its place. The homes would be a mix of two and three-bedroom properties.

In a statement with the plans, Latham Davies, on behalf of Bowood Developments, said the current site was run down and the new development would provide quality accommodation not available elsewhere in the area.

So far, there are 25 comments on the plans from members of the public, all of which object to the proposals.

Concerns raised included increased traffic levels, the development being “out of keeping” with the area, the loss of a characterful building and the carbon emissions from rebuilding.

One neighbour who said they have lived opposite the site for more than 30 years said: “The new building will not be in keeping with the general style of the area, but I think the significant issue here will be the effect on traffic along Brocco Bank, already full of vehicles, we don’t need any more.

“The plans show car parking for eight vehicles – difficult to see how eight extra cars with their constant comings and goings entering and leaving the subterranean car park will have anything other than a worsening effect on traffic here.

“Brocco Bank is already an extremely busy road, with long queues forming many times of day.”