Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Sheffield City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
331 approved · 39 refused · 6 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Jan 1975 to 16 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Sheffield City Council HMO Article 4 boundary · checked 14 Sept 2026 · Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
2 Copper Beech Close Beighton Sheffield S20 1HD
Received 19 Oct 200516 Snaithing Lane Sheffield S10 3LG
Received 18 Oct 2007Known As 29-31 Crescent Road Sheffield S7 1HL
Received 22 Oct 20079 Broomfield Road Sheffield S10 2SE
Received 15 Jul 200840 Glencoe Road Sheffield S2 2SR
Received 2 Jul 20097 Storth Lane Fulwood Sheffield S10 3HN
Received 18 May 2011Telecommunications Mast To The Front Of The Telephone Exchange Greenhill Parkway Sheffield S8 7QY
Received 18 Feb 20144 Snaithing Lane Sheffield S10 3LG
Received 24 Apr 20141 Pen Nook Glade Sheffield S36 2UB
Received 10 Nov 2014St John's Church Ranmoor Park Road Sheffield S10 3GX
Received 24 Apr 2015Oakes Holiday Centre Oakes Park School Lane Norton Sheffield S8 8BA
Received 7 Jul 2015Sheffield High School For Girls 10 Rutland Park Sheffield S10 2PB
Received 1 Nov 2016146 Upperthorpe Sheffield S6 3NF
Received 21 Nov 201768 Chelsea Road Sheffield S11 9BR
Received 9 Feb 201849 Bluecoat Rise Sheffield S11 9DW
Received 23 Jun 201982 Norfolk Road Sheffield S2 2SZ
Received 3 Dec 2019The Old Rectory Norton Church Road Sheffield S8 8GZ
Received 11 Feb 20204 Brincliffe Edge Close Sheffield S11 9DG
Received 23 Mar 2020Montgomery Court 165 Ecclesall Road South Sheffield S11 9NX
Received 14 Jul 202027 Furniss Avenue Sheffield S17 3QJ
Received 1 Sept 2020Development Site Bounded By Corporation Street / Bridge Street / West Bar Bridge Street Sheffield S3 8NS
Received 1 Sept 202064 Norfolk Road Sheffield S2 2SY
Received 9 Oct 202014 Ridgehill Grove Sheffield S12 2GJ
Received 30 Aug 197963 Haggstones Road Sheffield S35 0LN
Received 9 Dec 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Sheffield City Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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