Golf Fang

DLP Planning successfully guided our client through pre-application discussions with the Local Planning Authority and a complex planning application, resulting in planning permission for an innovative leisure use of a former industrial building. The development has repurposed vacant buildings located within a Conservation Area and has helped to increase the amount of footfall within this part of the city centre.

The venue is Golf Fang’s fifth location in the UK and has expanded the leisure offer of Sheffield City Centre. As well as a unique crazy golf experience, the venue includes “Birdies Bar”, which provides cocktails in a beach bar themed concept, and an indoor food market. It is situated in a location that is well-related in terms of accessibility from the City’s two universities and has proven to be a popular venue with residents of Sheffield and its student population.

In support of the planning application, DLP Planning were required to prepare a town centre sequential assessment which assessed sites within Sheffield City Centre and London Road Local Centre for their suitability for the proposed use. DLP were successful in demonstrating to the Local Authority that there were no sequentially preferable sites for the leisure use in the city centre and nearby district centre, and that the proposal did not exceed the 2,500m² threshold that would trigger the requirement for an impact assessment to be undertaken.