Council officers emailed a national heritage organisation about an offer of help – but did not tell them that demolition had already begun hours earlier.
Documents released through a transparency request also suggest Cllr Mazher Iqbal was unhappy at a council officer following Covid guidelines for a public event.
Council sub-committee says it is "deeply concerned about the seeming acceptability of the day-to-day behaviours of senior officers and Members illustrated by the complaint" against Cllr Iqbal – but finds that he did not breach its code of conduct.
Funding to support regeneration of the Sheffield Castle site and the surrounding area, as well as a new Park Hill Art Space, has been allocated from the government's Levelling Up Fund.
Releasing information about why Cllr Mazher Iqbal cancelled a planned consultation on a conservation area for Castlegate “has the potential to affect and hinder the investigation” into him, the Council has argued.
There’s a big hole in Sheffield city centre where Castle Market used to be. Why – and what comes next? It’s a story of competing visions and political inaction, set against the backdrop of Sheaf Field, the place where our city was born.
Image obtained by Now Then suggests Sheffield's bid to government's Levelling Up Fund features plaza, visitor centre, outdoor sculptures, 'sunken historical artefact gardens' and an 'art wall'.
