4.1 Castlegate Quarter

Influences

Castlegate has been designated within the UDP, for the following uses:

• the east and west sections of the quarter are identified as Business Areas.
  
• the remainder of the quarter is zoned for use as a Central Shopping Area, with parts of High Street, Haymarket and King Street comprising the Retail Core Area.

Revitalisation of the quarter has been the subject of a number of studies - the Masterplan, the earlier Castlegate Quarter Action Plan and a draft planning brief for the Broad Street and Sheaf Market sites prepared by EDAW. All have identified several key projects for revitalisation of this area:

• Primarily, the introduction of a greater mix of uses including office, hotel, leisure and shopping. This will be facilitated in the redevelopment of the existing Castle Market, the former Setts and Sheaf Markets sites and the Broad Street site at the Park Square roundabout.
  
• The completed Victoria Quays development and ongoing Exchange development at Riverside will also contribute to the revitalisation of the quarter by bringing new residents and office workers to the surrounding area.
  
• The creation of stronger pedestrian links into the Riverside Quarter and Victoria Quays, enabled with the completion of the Inner Relief Road and the downgrading of the roads along the northern and eastern edges of the quarter. Ultimately, the entire length of Exchange Street will be pedestrianised to complete this link.
  
• At the centre of the quarter a new Square is proposed. This will serve as an entry to the market and provide a vibrant civic space with outdoor market stalls and smaller shops or cafes around its perimeter.

The Sheffield Masterplan Transport Strategy has nominated the existing bus stop at Haymarket and Waingate to become a bus midi-interchange as a part of its goal of dispersing good quality passenger facilities throughout the city centre.

The City Centre Living Strategy encourages housing within the proposed mixed use developments on the eastern edge of the quarter, as well as above existing shops. This would be subject to improvement of the environmental quality of the area.

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