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The town of Sheffield was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1843. The borough was run by the Corporation of Sheffield, also known as the town council.When elected county councils were established in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888, Sheffield was considered large enough to run its own county-level services and so it was made a county borough, independent from West Riding County ...
Since the Local Government Act 1985 Sheffield City Council has effectively been a unitary authority, serving as the sole executive, deliberative and legislative body responsible for local policy, setting council tax, and allocating budget in the city, and is a member of the Sheffield City Region Partnership.
In April 2020, Legal & General, working with the developers Urbo (West Bar) Liimited and Sheffield City Council, agreed to fund the first phase of the West Bar scheme. This involves the funding of circa £150 million of investment to Sheffield and will see the delivery of a 100,000 sq ft office block, multi-storey car park and circa 368 ...
A report published ahead of a Sheffield City Council waste and street scene policy committee meeting said the move, the first since 2016, was due to "increased costs to the service".
This was subsequently amended in the full planning application submitted in October 2019, consisting of a single taller tower of 36 storeys adjoining two mid-rise sections of 17 and 12 storeys. [3] The design of the tower was subsequently increased again to 38 storeys, which was granted planning permission from Sheffield City Council. [5]
Heart of the City II is a mixed-use development under construction in Sheffield city centre, England between the Devonshire Quarter and The Moor Gateway. The project was previously given the marketing name Sevenstone, prior to Hammerson, the developer, being dropped from the project in December 2013 with Sheffield City Council seeking new developers.
J. Lewis Womersley CBE, FRIBA, FRTPI, Hon. LL.D and MA (12 December 1909 – 28 October 1990) was a British architect and town planner known for his work as City Architect for Sheffield, leading the team that created the Gleadless Valley, Hyde Park and Park Hill estates, but also infamous for Manchester's vast Hulme Crescents, whose design faults led it to become unlettable and demolished ...
The building was purchased by Sheffield City Council in the late 2000s, with the government departments as sitting tenants pending their relocation. In 2010 the British Government vacated the property, and were replaced by the council's Children, Young Peoples and Families Directorate and Central Finance Service.