‘Built into hillside’ School for Sheffield
This is how a new special educational needs proposed for Maltravers Road could look
under plans submitted to Sheffield Council. Photo: AXIS Architecture | AXIS Architecture
A school is set to be ‘built into a hillside’ near a famous Sheffield landmark, after plans were agreed for the scheme.
Sheffield Council has given planning permission for the plans, which will see a special school built next to Maltravers Road, near the well-known Park Hill Flats, one of Sheffield’s best-known listed buildings.
SoStudent (One) Ltd wants to build what would be an independent school for children with special educational needs, on what is currently an empty side on Maltravers Road.
Axis Architecture’s design and access statement for the building describes it as:
“A building that works with the site topography and is built into the hillside, with the upper level providing access to landscaped external play and amenity space.”
The plans come complete including parking for cars, drop off facilities and a landscaped outdoor play area.
The drawings from AXIS Architecture have been sent to Sheffield Council as part of a design and planning statement for the scheme.
It would be built on the site of the former Globe Business Centre, now demolished, which is also close to the Wybourn estate
Now the council has granted planning permission, subject to a number of conditions, including conditions relating to parking, landscaping and lighting, and construction traffic.
A council report on the plan stated:
“Overall it is considered that the development will improve the quality of the neighbourhood, through redeveloping a derelict area of land, and will not harm the amenities of existing residents to an unacceptable degree,”
It added: “SYMCA (South Yorkshire Metropolitan Combined Authority) have identified that improvements to adjacent bus stops are required in terms of the provision of shelters and real time information displays. The applicant has agreed to these improvements.”
It said the organisation behind the project had also agreed to provide a new turning area to Woodcock Place, nearby.
And the report also added that the school plan was a major redevelopment scheme of community significance and its scale meant that the organisation behind the scheme would be required to make a contribution to a work of public art.
SAMA Investment Group PLC , who are behind the scheme, say in the document:
“The proposal is for an Independent SEN School which will provide specialised education within a progressive and creative curriculum to children and young people aged five to 15 years.
“The school is planned to cater initially for 108 Pupils with 18 classrooms (six per class) and with a maximum of 120 pupils on maturity.”
The primary need catered for is SEMH (Social, Emotional & Mental Health).
Pupils may also have a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and other associated conditions.
It is expected to have up to 48 staff members on site at full capacity.
Source: The Star
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