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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331 approved · 39 refused · 6 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Barn 35M South West Of Onesacre Hall Green Lane Oughtibridge Sheffield S35 0DL
Received 25 Mar 2025VorV Wharncliffe Works Cornish Street Sheffield S6 3FB
Received 28 Mar 2025Land At Junction Of Furnace Lane And Junction Road Woodhouse Sheffield S13 7RN
Received 5 Jun 202588 Chelsea Road Sheffield S11 9BR
Received 16 Jun 2025Brincliffe Towers Old Peoples Home Brincliffe Edge Road Sheffield S11 9BZ
Received 20 Jun 2025167A London Road Sheffield S2 4LH
Received 4 Jul 20254 Furnival Square Sheffield S1 4QL
Received 8 Jul 2025Land At Rear Of 17 To 31 Tetney Road Sheffield S10 3GZ
Received 16 Jul 2025Land Between 68 And 80 Broad Street Sheffield S2 5TG
Received 12 Aug 2025Roneys Butcher 276 Sharrow Vale Road Sheffield S11 8ZH
Received 3 Sept 2025Site Of Old Westfield School And Sports Centre Westfield Crescent Sheffield S20 5AQ
Received 5 Sept 20256 Stone Lane Sheffield S13 7BR
Received 11 Sept 2025Site Of Former 445 Handsworth Road Sheffield S13 9DD
Received 16 Sept 2025Castle Dyke House Ringinglow Road Sheffield S11 7TA
Received 25 Sept 2025Weston Tower West Bar Green Sheffield S1 2DA
Received 30 Oct 2025Ecclesall Lawn Tennis Club 327 Carter Knowle Road Sheffield S11 9FY
Received 4 Nov 2025Psalter Court 176 Psalter Lane Sheffield S11 8UR
Received 4 Nov 2025Land Between Lyons Street Alliance Street Atlas Street And East Earsham Street Sheffield S4 7QF
Received 4 Nov 2025Town Hall Extension Norfolk Street Sheffield S1 2JE
Received 20 Nov 2025Site Of Former 305 St Philip's Road Sheffield S3 7JW
Received 12 Dec 2025Site Of Former Staybright Works Weedon Street Sheffield S9 2FT
Received 12 Dec 2025Meadowhall Centre Car Park Weedon Street Sheffield S9 2FT
Received 12 Jan 20262 Sale Hill Sheffield S10 5BX
Received 26 Jan 2026Coppice House Farm Rivelin Valley Road Sheffield S6 5SG
Received 30 Jan 2026Records 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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