{"id":321313,"date":"2025-08-06T01:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T01:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/321313\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T01:55:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T01:55:10","slug":"shenton-trails-yorkshires-tallest-tower-in-next-sheffield-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/321313\/","title":{"rendered":"Shenton trails Yorkshire&#8217;s tallest tower in next Sheffield bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"article-standfirst\">Having secured a 40-storey consent in Castlegate last year, developer Shenton Group is looking to repeat the trick with a proposal for a neighbouring 54-storey, \u00a3225m tower on King Street.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"article-standfirst\">Oppidan Tower would have 1,100 co-living apartments, retail units on the ground floor, a gym, sky lounge, co-working space, bars, restaurants, and public realm.<\/p>\n<p>OMI is the architect, with Deloitte advising on planning and heritage.<\/p>\n<p>Stressing that the design is \u201cvery much at concept stage,\u201d chief executive Colin Shenton told Place Yorkshire that the aim is to submit a planning application next summer.<\/p>\n<p>A formal pre-application has been submitted, but much work remains to be done finessing design and tenure. Shenton said that finance will come from the group\u2019s own resources and a forward-funding package, with viability still being assessed.<\/p>\n<p>As co-applicant, the business secured full planning permission in early 2024 for the adjacent Kings Tower project, later disposing of its interest. Cushman &amp; Wakefield has this year been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.placeyorkshire.co.uk\/cushman-wakefield-tasked-with-sheffield-sale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appointed on the sale of the site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shenton said: \u201cKing Street is the link between Fargate and Castlegate and so is crucial not only to the wider regeneration of this part of the city, but as a destination in its own right. It deserves a high quality landmark building with extensive investment in the public realm to show the commitment of the private and public sectors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe very much look forward to working with the City Council to develop the design and ensure it achieves the city\u2019s goals for the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If delivered at this scale, the tower would be the tallest in the country outside of London and Manchester, with the developer noting that the height is necessary for viability purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Sheffield City Council is investing around \u00a326m into the regeneration of the Castlegate area, with plans including the creation of a park, the opening up of the River Sheaf, and displaying previously hidden parts of the 11th century Sheffield Castle.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, archaeological findings on the site led to a redesign of the park area, to preserve previously undiscovered remains.<\/p>\n<p>That project is set to complete at the end of 2026 or beginning of 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Having secured a 40-storey consent in Castlegate last year, developer Shenton Group is looking to repeat the trick&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321314,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-321313","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-sheffield","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114979335281406144","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}