The former Cannon Brewery in Neepsend is set for a major transformation.
Social impact developer Capital & Centric has submitted detailed plans to Sheffield City Council to regenerate the historic site – once home to the UK’s best-selling Stones Bitter – into a new mixed-use neighbourhood.
Phase one would deliver 252 apartments, part of around 500 homes proposed overall. The scheme combines restoration of existing industrial buildings with contemporary new blocks. Plans also include a gym, co-working spaces, residents’ lounge, mini-cinema and a new urban park, alongside space for independent cafes and bars.
The former brew house is set to be retained and converted into office space with food and drink operators on the ground floor. The site’s water tower would be restored and positioned as a focal point within the proposed green space.
Tom Wilmot, Joint Managing Director at Capital&Centric, said: “We’re not building somewhere people sleep and leave. The cinema, the co-working, the lounge, and bags of green space – all that stuff is what turns a site into a community… Add in cafés and workspace on the doorstep and you’ve got a neighbourhood Neepsend can be proud of.”
The project has received £11.67m from South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority’s Brownfield Housing Fund. Demolition and remediation works are nearing completion, with construction expected to begin later this year.
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