City Development Division (CDD)
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Sheffield is experiencing an unprecedented period of confidence and growth with large private investments supported by substantial funding from the European Union, Yorkshire Forward and English Partnerships, as well as the renewal of many inner city residential neighbourhoods.
The City Development Division (CDD) forms part of the Council’s Development Service. It provides a single focus for the funding, planning, design, programming and delivery of major physical economic regeneration schemes within the City. It has played a key role in the flagship projects which have changed the image of the City in the last decade.
The Division provides a central point of contact within Development Services for economic and urban regeneration initiatives. This requires close liaison with Creative Sheffield and other key partner Agencies like Yorkshire Forward, Objective One Partnership and English Partnerships to ensure that Sheffield maximises inward investment opportunities, and that planning processes operate efficiently and promptly where major regeneration projects are submitted.
Economic Regeneration work is currently focused on the three Priority Regeneration Areas of Sheffield.
- City Centre
- Upper Don Valley
- Lower Don Valley (including Airport Business Park and Blackburn Valley).
CDD is working to ensure greater alignment between its regeneration strategies for the Priority Areas and those for deprived Inner City neighbourhoods,which are generally led by other agencies, often in Neighbourhoods or the community sector. CDD is now working on a number of major projects in Inner City Social regeneration areas such as Burngreave, Netherthorpe and Upperthorpe and Park Hill.
CDD leads on the development of Master Plans and Action Plans for appropriate parts of the Priority Regeneration Areas which give opportunities for local consultation and often form the basis of Local Development Framework policy, working closely with the Forward and Area Planning Section.
Where appropriate, officers provide the lead or client role to major publicly funded schemes and developments. Officers also ensure the co-ordination of statutory functions, funding packages, support services, planning permissions, compulsory purchase orders, road closure orders, etc. Occasionally they carry out tasks or take on roles that don’t neatly fall into the remit of a specific service but are considered important for regeneration. For example assisting with gathering data (photographs and recording flood line) to help map sites / areas where floods occurred recently.
Where appropriate, officers provide the lead or client role to major publicly funded schemes and developments. Officers also ensure the co-ordination of statutory functions, funding packages, support services, planning permissions, compulsory purchase orders, road closure orders, etc. Occasionally they carry out tasks or take on roles that don’t neatly fall into the remit of a specific service but are considered important for regeneration. For example assisting with gathering data (photographs and recording flood line) to help map sites / areas where floods occurred recently.
Development Officers will frequently lead the Development Team in the pre-planning application stage of major private developments in the Priority Areas, ensuring a holistic and consistent approach from all parts of the Council and external bodies where appropriate. Development Officers are key consultees on all regeneration aspects of planning applications in these areas.
Simon Ogden, City Development Manager, Assistant Head, Development Services
0114 2734189
0114 2734189
Head of Service provides strategic management, administration, and guidance for the Division, co-ordination and programming of all key projects and initiatives run by the five teams, and liaison with external agencies. Takes the lead in establishing and progressing new or complex initiatives. Member of Development Services Management Team.
Maura Gallagher, Secretary to City Development Manager 0114 2734186
Ron Rees, New Retail Quarter Project Director 0114 2734268
Provides leadership for the Project Team with overall co-ordination role for the NRQ project, and reports to Executive Director of Development Environment and Leisure. Acting as main contact with Hammerson as preferred developer, and all other external private and public agencies. Primary objective is to ensure delivery of the largest and most complex project in the City Centre, valued at approximately £500m, it is the single most important initiative to provide a step change for the future economy and environment of the City Centre.
Janet Crabtree, Principal Programmes Officer 0114 2736673
Kerrie Slater, Administrative Officer 0114 2053076
The City Development Division consists of five teams, for more information on the teams, visit the pages listed below:
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