Neepsend & Kelham
Riverside Development Strategy
Strategic Development
Study in support of the Neepsend Forum, an association
of local businesses and residents. Neepsend
and Kelham Island is an area close to Sheffield City
Centre that is home to a strong and growing cluster
of creative and leisure industries, including Yellow
Arch Studios, Kelham Island Museum, Sheffield Design
Studios, The Foundry Climbing Centre, Sheffield Ski
Village and numerous high quality real ale public
houses.
However, the area is currently being redeveloped
en masse largely due to the range of old industrial
buildings and sites on the riverbank. Residential
development is underway on a huge scale, largely
unchecked as no policy or strategic guidance exists
to advise/guide development.
The Neepsend area
is historically vital to the city, and is one of
its hidden gems. ci:p engaged the support and input of students from the School of Architecture at Sheffield University, who worked alongside ci:p and carried out a parallel project study on the area that engaged in some ‘blue skies’ thinking about what could be possible. This work and ci:p’s Strategic Development Study outlined the resident’s hopes and fears for the area, the huge potential that exists for creative, sustainable development, and resulted in the City Council investing in and preparing an Area Action Plan. |