Plan for 36 council homes backed by £4.1m grant

An artist's impression of the development, which will contain 36 one-bedroom flats

A project to build 36 new social rent homes on the site of a former care centre in Sheffield has been supported with a £4.1m grant from the government.

Sheffield City Council has been awarded the money to develop Bolehill View, at the site of a former community care facility on Eastfield Road, off Northfield Road in Crookes.

The scheme would see two blocks of one-bedroom flats built in an area of "high housing need," according to the council.

Douglas Johnson, chair of the council's housing committee, said: "Sheffield, like the rest of the country, faces huge challenges when it comes to housing."

Johnson said that providing "ample good quality homes at affordable prices for those who need them," was a priority for the local authority.

Sheffield City Council has launched a 10-year plan to improve and increase its housing supply.

A spokesperson for the authority said demand for good quality, affordable homes in the city had "never been higher".

The site of the development, off Northfield Road in Crookes, is currently unused

The authority is currently working towards formally accepting the conditions of the funding before work can begin at the site.

The grant is the third to be awarded to Sheffield City Council this year by Homes England, the government's housing and regeneration agency.

Dilys Jones, assistant director of affordable housing growth at Homes England, said the agency was pleased to be working with the council, "to increase the delivery of much-needed affordable homes in the city".

The average private rent cost in Sheffield rose to £877 in February 2025, up from £824 the year before.

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