UK: Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its Sheffield Gardens BTR scheme on the city’s Meadow Street.
The £55 million scheme will deliver 158 homes across a mix of one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments on the site of a former factory.
Amenities will include a large private gym, external landscaped courtyard, and roof-top gardens. Beech Holdings has achieved 100 per cent bio-diversity net gain through the inclusion of external amenity and bird/bat boxes to promote and encourage nature.
The scheme will remain in the long-term control of the Beech Holdings’ Group, with full property management and a commitment to the community with at least 10 permanent jobs created, alongside the 100+ jobs created in the construction phase.
Work will begin in Q4 2024 with the demolition of the current dilapidated and unused commercial buildings on site.
Stephen Beech, CEO of Beech Holdings, said: “This is a significant development for Beech Holdings, our very first in Yorkshire and second outside of our home city of Manchester. It demonstrates our commitment to deliver exceptional apartments across the UK’s regional cities as we grow to be a national developer. Our company has a 20-year history of delivering exceptional apartment developments and I’m thrilled to be able to offer local people in Sheffield that same standard. We always look to regenerate where we can; this unused and unloved commercial site is in exactly the location we want to breathe new life into. We’ll be creating over 100 immediate jobs for the construction phase, and we’ll have a permanent staff of at least 10 to deliver residents a premium level of service and maintenance.”
Neil Baumber, development director of Beech Holdings, added: “We are actively looking at other sites in Sheffield, we feel we can offer the standard of accommodation that local people desire. We’ll be getting to work quickly in the final quarter of this year.”
The company has its first scheme in Newcastle due for completion this summer and has ambitions to be a major player in the UK residential development sector. The latest scheme brings the total number of apartments delivered or in planning to more than 1,000 across Sheffield, Newcastle and Manchester.
