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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.
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Sheffield City Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Sheffield City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,109Searchable applications
615Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 370 approved or refused records
39Refused applications
331 approved · 39 refused · 6 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and developmentLocal plan Sheffield Local PlanPre-application advice Make a pre-application enquiryConservation areas Conservation areasArticle 4 directions Planning permission for houses in multiple occupation
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01142039183Council source
- Planning enquiries01142734218Council source
- Planning enquiriesplanningapps@sheffield.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiriesplanningdc.centralmajor@sheffield.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas32 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas1 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
Council maps may include boundaries missing from our collection.
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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.
More application records
- Decided26/01324/FUL
Alterations to frontage to provide additional entrance and fascia
Rose Cafe & Restaurant 120 Handsworth Road Sheffield S9 4AE
Received 6 May 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01355/FUL
Change of use of land to dog walking park, erection of a field shelter, fencing and provision of hardstanding for car parking
Land Between The Rivelin Valley Trail And 34 To 54 Rivelin Park Road Hollins Lane Sheffield S6 5GQ
Received 11 May 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01389/FUL
Erection of 32 dwellinghouses and 3x apartment blocks comprising 27 apartments with associated parking
Land Between Sheffield And Tinsley Canal And Milton Chain Works Shirland Lane Sheffield S9 3FE
Received 12 May 2026 - Decided26/01396/FUL
Erection of single-storey extension to dining room, alterations and single-storey extension to toilet block, three-storey extension to classroom wing to form 6no. additional classrooms and 2no. offices and alterations to lower car park to provide additional parking spaces
Sheffield Park Academy Beaumont Road North Sheffield S2 1SN
Received 13 May 2026 - Decided26/01399/LD2
Application for Lawful Development Certificate for conversion of existing garage to residential living space, erection of a garden room to the rear garden area with ancillary utilities and erection of new garden shed to side of property (Application under Section 192)
1 The Fairway Sheffield S10 4LX
Received 13 May 2026 - Decided26/01409/RG3
Installation of Premises Information Box to front of property (Application under Regulation 3 - 1992)
73-73A Crescent Road Sheffield S7 1HN
Received 13 May 2026 - Decided26/01410/FUL
Erection of a single-storey rear extension with rear raised patio area to dwellinghouse
173 Low Road Stannington Sheffield S6 5FZ
Received 13 May 2026 - Decided26/01432/FUL
Demolition of front boundary wall, erection of a replacement boundary wall with railing above to front of dwellinghouse
2 Athelstan Road Sheffield S13 8JD
Received 14 May 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01435/FUL
Demolition of existing buildings and site clearance works, and erection of 28 no. affordable dwellinghouses and associated infrastructure works including access, drainage, open space and landscaping
132-146 Wensley Street Sheffield S4 8HN
Received 14 May 2026 - Decided26/01444/FUL
Alterations and change of use of part of office building to form 9no. apartments
Rutland House Wood Fold Sheffield S3 9PE
Received 14 May 2026 - Decided26/01459/FUL
Erection of two-storey side/rear extension to dwellinghouse
88 Mackenzie Crescent Burncross Sheffield S35 1US
Received 15 May 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01476/FUL
Demolition of buildings and erection of 9no dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) and associated car parking (Application under Section 73 to remove condition 29 (Surface Water Discharge) imposed by planning permission 18/04458/FUL)
65-67 Stalker Lees Road Sheffield S11 8NP
Received 18 May 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01483/FUL
Erection of a single-storey�rear extension with roof terrace over, erection of first-floor side infill extension and erection of two-storey outbuilding associated with existing hot food takeaway
150B Main Road Darnall Sheffield S9 5HQ
Received 19 May 2026 - Decided26/01484/FUL
Use of land to front of public house as external seating area
Yorkshire Bank Chambers Fargate Sheffield S1 2HD
Received 19 May 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01485/FUL
Use of former caretaker's house for mix of administrative school office use, meeting rooms and teaching space, works to include refurbishment of the building and erection of 2m high paladin fencing to the perimeter of the site and 1.2m timber fencing to front of site
1 Ridgehill Avenue Sheffield S12 2GL
Received 19 May 2026 - Decided26/01493/FUL
Erection of single-storey side extension to dwellinghouse
Ashland House 40 Ashland Road Sheffield S7 1RJ
Received 19 May 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01497/FUL
Erection of two-storey side extension and single-storey front/side extension to dwellinghouse
99 Ravenscroft Crescent Sheffield S13 8PR
Received 19 May 2026 - Decided26/01502/FUL
Erection of single-storey side extension to dwellinghouse
28 Turie Avenue Sheffield S5 9JA
Received 20 May 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01503/FUL
Erection of detached outbuilding and pergola, widening of vehicular access
The Lodge Totley Hall Lane Sheffield S17 4AA
Received 20 May 2026 - Decided26/01514/TCA
Pruning of tree (Ranmoor Conservation Area)
7 Ranmoor Road Sheffield S10 3HG
Received 20 May 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01515/FUL
Subdivision of the building into 4no. commercial units
The Real Junk Food Project Sheffield 49 Carlisle Street Sheffield S4 7LJ
Received 21 May 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01516/LBC
Internal alterations to the first floor including structural alterations, formation of a new landing, conversion of the existing bathroom to a bedroom, erection of an internal partition wall, and enclosure of the rear stairwell
450 Fulwood Road Sheffield S10 3GH
Received 19 May 2026 - Decided26/01530/FUL
Installation of 2x GC Remote Gas Cooler, 2x DT Compressor Pack on concrete plinth, erection of 3m high Hit and miss timber fence with access gate and Armco barrier, relocation of existing condensing unit, and installation of 2x AC units on concrete plinth
Tesco Supermarket Abbeydale Drive Sheffield S7 2QB
Received 22 May 2026 - Decided26/01541/FUL
Re-roofing and re-cladding of single-storey rear extension of dwellinghouse.
67 Southgrove Road Sheffield S10 2NP
Received 26 May 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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What these statistics cover
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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