City Centre Access and Movement Plan

Sheffield’s city centre is in an exciting period of transformation. It’s the economic centre of Sheffield and of South Yorkshire, with huge potential for growth. As more people live, work, and shop in our city centre, the demand for space in and around the centre will increase. To shape how our city centre public spaces and streets should look and feel in the future, we are developing a City Centre Access and Movement Plan.

We want this plan to be bold and transformational. Our vision is for a cleaner, greener, thriving city centre, with more space for people. We need to ensure everyone has access to reliable, sustainable and realistic transport options. Ultimately, we believe great cities should focus on moving people efficiently and sustainably, creating spaces that work for everyone.


An artist impression of a busy city centre street with people walking, wheeling and cycling. Buildings stand on either side with trees and planing, blue sky can be seen in the backgroundAn artist impression of how Cambridge Street could look with improved footways, a cycle route and some planting

We’re already making changes to the city centre to support our ambitions through projects like the Connecting Sheffield: City Centre project, which began construction in February 2025 and links key developments like The Moor, Heart of the City and improvements on Fargate.

We’re also working to improve the junction of Rockingham Street and West Street, making it safer for pedestrians by improving existing crossings and adding new ones. And we’re enabling buses to turn into Rockingham Street to reduce bus journey times and make public transport a more reliable and realistic choice for people.

What’s the latest?

Thank you to everyone who got involved in our transport conversation in December 2024 and January 2025. Through our survey, focus groups and events in the city centre, you shared your thoughts on how you wanted our city centre streets to feel in the future. You also told us how you’d like to be able to move around.

We’ve taken what we heard from you throughout that conversation, and we’ve put together a first draft of our plan.

From July to September, we asked for your feedback on the draft plan through our consultation survey. The survey closed on Wednesday 10 September, and we're now bringing together everything you told us.

When we’ve analysed all the feedback, we’ll review the draft and create our final plan which will go to our Transport, Regeneration and Climate Policy Committee later this year. The Committee will decide about whether to approve the plan, and we’ll let you know the outcome.

You can read the report draft here.

If you have any questions about the project, please email citycentreaccessplan@sheffield.gov.uk

Sheffield’s city centre is in an exciting period of transformation. It’s the economic centre of Sheffield and of South Yorkshire, with huge potential for growth. As more people live, work, and shop in our city centre, the demand for space in and around the centre will increase. To shape how our city centre public spaces and streets should look and feel in the future, we are developing a City Centre Access and Movement Plan.

We want this plan to be bold and transformational. Our vision is for a cleaner, greener, thriving city centre, with more space for people. We need to ensure everyone has access to reliable, sustainable and realistic transport options. Ultimately, we believe great cities should focus on moving people efficiently and sustainably, creating spaces that work for everyone.


An artist impression of a busy city centre street with people walking, wheeling and cycling. Buildings stand on either side with trees and planing, blue sky can be seen in the backgroundAn artist impression of how Cambridge Street could look with improved footways, a cycle route and some planting

We’re already making changes to the city centre to support our ambitions through projects like the Connecting Sheffield: City Centre project, which began construction in February 2025 and links key developments like The Moor, Heart of the City and improvements on Fargate.

We’re also working to improve the junction of Rockingham Street and West Street, making it safer for pedestrians by improving existing crossings and adding new ones. And we’re enabling buses to turn into Rockingham Street to reduce bus journey times and make public transport a more reliable and realistic choice for people.

What’s the latest?

Thank you to everyone who got involved in our transport conversation in December 2024 and January 2025. Through our survey, focus groups and events in the city centre, you shared your thoughts on how you wanted our city centre streets to feel in the future. You also told us how you’d like to be able to move around.

We’ve taken what we heard from you throughout that conversation, and we’ve put together a first draft of our plan.

From July to September, we asked for your feedback on the draft plan through our consultation survey. The survey closed on Wednesday 10 September, and we're now bringing together everything you told us.

When we’ve analysed all the feedback, we’ll review the draft and create our final plan which will go to our Transport, Regeneration and Climate Policy Committee later this year. The Committee will decide about whether to approve the plan, and we’ll let you know the outcome.

You can read the report draft here.

If you have any questions about the project, please email citycentreaccessplan@sheffield.gov.uk

  • The City Centre Access and Movement Plan survey is now closed. We'll keep you updated with next steps on the project page.

    Transport Conversation


    Our transport converstion closed on Tuesday 28 January 2025. Thank you to everyone who shared their views. 

    You can have your say on our draft plan consultation until midnight on Wednesday 10 September. 


  • CLOSED: This survey has concluded.

    Draft Plan Consultation

    To refine our Access and Movement Plan and ensure it best serves our city, we want to hear from you – the people of Sheffield. We’re interested in hearing your opinions on our Draft City Centre Access and Movement Plan. Take the survey now to have your say. 

    For information on how we'll use your data, view our privacy notice. 

    We'll close the survey at midnight on Wednesday 10 September. 

Page last updated: 25 Sep 2025, 12:55 PM