Sheffield Objection to Spearmint Rhino 30 June 2015

1. LOCATION
LOCATION
LOCATION

2. Sheffield
• The cultural quarter has undergone considerable
urban regeneration since Spearmint Rhino opened
• The Showroom, the Workstation, the Site gallery,
Sheffield Hallam Student Union
• In addition to several organisations which support
vulnerable women
• A school (UTC) for ages 14+

3. Annual Events
• Doc fest
• Showcomotion
• Off the Shelf
• Children’s Media Conference
• Sheffield Design Week
Recent national/international
• Grand Depart

4. Purple Flag Status
(source: https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/city-centre/purple-flag.html)

5. • "Sheffield City Council wish to support
both the local community and businesses
by ensuring that these types of premises
[SEVs] are properly managed and that
they integrate where possible into the
local community."
(Sexual Entertainment Venue Licensing
Policy: p.3)

6. (Sheffield City Council Licencing Sub-Committee report
2015)

9. • Over the last 15 years Sheffield's City Centre has
experienced a dramatic transformation. (p.2)
• We think this relies on:
• Culture and leisure – the scale and breadth of
opportunities and things to do including events and
animation and a quality evening/ night-time offer
• Hospitality – by this we mean quality hotels and great
restaurants
• Retail – with a wide range of shopping opportunities
from the big brands to small Independent shops
catering for niche markets
• Public realm – including venues that people travel to
visit, a modern and well-connected urban landscape
and a well maintained and safe place. (p.3)

10. • There are various special elements that
justify the designation of the
conservation area. These include:
• Surviving elements of the grid pattern
and hierarchy of different streets which
grew up across the 18th century estate
of the Duke of Norfolk
• 6 distinctive character areas which
make up the CIQ as a whole
• Important metal trades area of Sheffield
• Characterised by numerous examples
of 'Little Mesters' (craftsmen in cutlery
and tool making) in mixed residential

11. • and small scale industrial workshop buildings often arranged in
courtyard form
• 16 listed buildings, for e.g. the Grade II* Butchers Wheel, and Grade
II Stirling Works
• Several unlisted significant buildings for e.g. the distinctive former
1930s Art Deco styled 'Kenning's car garage' now Showroom
Cinema and Workstation offices
• Surviving industrial chimneys add interest to rooflines
• 3 - 4 storey buildings with back of pavement boundaries
characteristic of the area
• Historic floors and distinctive red brick used as main building
material
• Archaeology around Porter Brook provides evidence of early water
powered mills in area
• Date of designation
• The Cultural Industries Quarter Conservation Area was reported to
the City Centre Area Board on the 22nd January 2001.
• (Soruce: https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/planning-and-city-
development/urban-design--
conservation/conservation/conservationareas/cultural-industries-
quarter.html)

13. “Since violence against women and girls is
defined by the United Nations as cause and
consequence of gender inequality, rooted in,
and also reproducing, disparities in power,
economic resources and respect , sexist,
sexualised representations of gender play a
part in creating environments where violence
becomes possible.”
(Coy 2014)

14. “That sexualised sexism creates a conducive
context for VAWG is acknowledged in human
rights instruments. The Beijing Platform for
Action (BPfA) (1995), for example, stated that
‘images in the media of violence against
women, in particular those that depict rape or
sexual slavery as well as the use of women and
girls as sex objects, including pornography, are
factors contributing to the continued prevalence
of such violence”.
(Beijing Platform for Action, Chapter IV D. Violence against women, para 118)

15. Dr Alan Billings South Yorkshire PCC
Thursday 25th June stated that “macho culture” is one of the
causes of CSE

17. • Source:
http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1283563&highlig
ht=spearmint+rhino&page=2

18. 13:00 on sunny afternoon

19. Local resident:
“As a local resident, my apartment is very close to the venue and I frequently
see large groups of men congregating to enter the venue or waiting for taxis.
These are often intoxicated and have a negative impact on the local area,
especially in the early hours of the morning. On leaving the venue late at night
these individuals can often be heard in the surrounding streets and cause a
nuisance to residents. Sleeping in the summer when windows have to be left
open can be a problem for us on some nights.
I also have wider concerns about the highly inappropriate location of the venue
as it gives a bad impression of Sheffield to both new potential students and
visitors to our city arriving either by train or bus. We want to encourage
students to study at our city and tourists to visit the area.
Many local residents understandably also have concerns about the negative
impact the venue has on the resale value of their own properties. It is important
to remember that the venue is located in the heart of the Cultural Industries
Quarter, which is an area of greater significance for our city and it’s heritage.
We fear that the venue’s presence acts as a block on further investment and
regeneration in the area and stops our area from moving forward.
Ben Miskell
9 Butcher Works, 70 Arundel Street, Sheffield, S1 2NS