Looking to a brighter future – the new developments coming to Sheffield in 2021

And, after a short period during the first lockdown, builders returned and have carried on ever since.

Some projects have been delayed, some postponed. But with the prospect of brighter days ahead, these are the developments that should see action in the next 12 months.

Meadowhall’s extension plan is back on as part of a raft of ambitious measures to grow in a post-Covid environment.

British Land has submitted plans for a £150m Leisure Hall on part of the red and yellow car parks, with shops and a ’new, aspirational food and drink offer’. But the proposal is smaller than the £300m extension approved in 2018 and will not have a cinema.

It is one of a range of schemes including converting the M1 distribution site off Vulcan Road into a leisure park with activities in…