Plans for extreme sports venue on Sheffield industrial estate pulled by bosses.

An extreme sports group’s plans to build a site on the outskirts of Sheffield city centre have been abandoned.

Christopher Bould, who leads the Defi Parkour organisation, which teaches freerunning skills in the city, had submitted a planning application to Sheffield Council requesting permission to establish a sports and teaching facility.

It would have been located in the Sheaf Gardens Industrial Estate on Duchess Road, just outside the inner ring road on the approach to Queens Road.

However, he has acknowledged that he has withdrew the proposals when the council requested a flood risk assessment report for the location near the River Sheaf. According to a council officer’s report:

“The applicant declined to submit a Flood Risk Assessment to support the application, and explained that they may no longer be interested in the site, confirming their wish to withdraw the application.”

Officials had previously informed Mr Bould that they believed the proposals to be favourable and that planning approval may be given, but only after a flood risk assessment was completed due to the location.

According to Mr Bould’s website, parkour began as a training method for running, jumping, and climbing over things in the surroundings.People in Paris transformed it into a sport, practicing these movements with whatever they had available to them.

He remarked, “People from all over the world are practicing this sport, adding their own spin on the motions, and inventing their own.

The joy of movement, however, remains constant.Parkour has something for everyone.

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