A council spokesperson said “temporary measures” had since been agreed with the operators “to ensure public safety following the removal of some of the stonework”.<\/p>\n
“This is our top priority, ensuring the site is safe, secure and poses no risk to the public,” they added.<\/p>\n
“Going forward, we will be assessing what enforcement powers are available to us and this process will begin next week.”<\/p>\n
The spokesperson said their request for the artwork’s removal to be halted had also been agreed to.<\/p>\n
Mr Disley said he and Mr Winter had answered an advert in The Guardian for a sculpture commission in 1987 and were chosen to create the piece after an interview with Adrian Vinken, who formerly ran the venue.<\/p>\n
“It’s part of the fabric of the building,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Ownership passes on. It’s not as though it’s got nothing to do with what’s going on inside. I would love to see it reinstated.”<\/p>\n
Electric Group, who own the building, said they planned to continue running it as a concert and nightclub venue.<\/p>\n
A refurbishment is planned once they take control of the site, which appears to have been gutted, on 15 August.<\/p>\n
February 2026 has been given as a reopening date under a new name, Electric Sheffield.<\/p>\n
An Electric Group spokesperson said they were “really disappointed to see the removal of a much-loved Sheffield artwork”.<\/p>\n
“It’s been part of the city’s fabric for years and has meant a lot to visitors and locals alike.”<\/p>\n
The venue’s neon Leadmill sign has now been removed, although a planning application to install two new neon signs with the lettering ‘Electric’ and ‘Electric Sheffield’ has been submitted to Sheffield City Council.<\/p>\n
The council’s spokesperson said planning permission was not required for the removal of the neon sign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A council spokesperson said “temporary measures” had since been agreed with the operators “to ensure public safety following…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-329249","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\/114996058821657121","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329249","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=329249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}