926-928 City Road, Sheffield, S2 1GQ

Description
The available accommodation is a wide fronted ground floor retail premises with first floor ancillary accommodation. The premises was originally two shops which have been merged with a side addition and first floor accommodation. The property has most recently been used as an opticians although would be suitable for a variety of retail / Class E uses (STP).

The ground floor commercial part includes a sales area, which is mainly open, with stores, office and WC facilities. The commercial unit benefits from a triple frontage and includes carpets, radiator, suspended ceiling, and shop window frontage. There is a first floor commercial part, which includes storage, kitchenette, WC facilities and further ancillary accommodation.

Location
The property is located on City Road in the Manor Top area of Sheffield. Manor Top is a location approximately 2 miles from Sheffield city centre. City Road is a busy link road to and from Sheffield city centre with it’s south easterly suburbs.

This part of City Road is a busy retailing area with numerous occupiers including Manor Top Fish Bar, Happy House Chinese Takeaway, Fairy Neils & Beauty, and Ashley Rogers Tailors. The property is located closed to tram stops and attracts local footfall.

Rating Assessment
The property is currently rated with an RV of £13,000, therefore a proportion of small business rate relief should apply for ingoing tenants. We would encourage interested parties to re-confirm the rating status with the local rates office.

Please note the 2025/26 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief scheme will provide eligible, occupied, retail, hospitality and leisure properties with a 40% relief, up to a cash cap limit of £110,000 per business. We would advise interested parties to carry out their own checks. More information can be found here:

Planning
The premises are understood to have an A1 consent. Under the changes to the Use Class Order effective from 1st September 2020, we understand that these premises now benefit from an E class planning consent. This allows the premises to be used for the former A1 (retail), A2 (financial and professional), A3 (restaurant), B1 (offices), and D1 (clinics, health centre and day nursery) uses, without the need for a change of use.

Interested parties are advised to satisfy themselves with the local planning authority that their use is acceptable under these changes.

Lease Terms
The property is available on a new lease for a term of years to be agreed.

Rent
£20,000 pa. VAT status TBC.

Rent Deposit
The landlord will seek a rent deposit to be held over the term of the lease, which will depend on the overall lease terms considered.

Identity Checks
In order to comply with Anti-Money Laundering Legislation, the successful party will be required to provide certain identification documents. The required documents will be confirmed to and requested from the successful party.