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331 approved · 39 refused · 6 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
New Hall Farm New Hall Lane Sheffield S36 4AE
Received 26 Jun 2026Fitzwilliam House 8 Milton Street Sheffield S1 4JU
Received 26 Jun 202667 Woodstock Road Loxley Sheffield S6 6TG
Received 29 Jun 2026123 Newbould Lane Sheffield S10 2PL
Received 29 Jun 2026Unit 1 Ergo Park Drake House Crescent Sheffield S20 7JP
Received 29 Jun 2026Former Mosborough Miners Welfare Clubhouse Station Road Mosborough Sheffield S20 5AD
Received 29 Jun 2026Storrs Wood Storrs Lane Sheffield S6 6GY
Received 29 Jun 202610 Stoke Street Sheffield S9 3QH
Received 29 Jun 2026118 Osborne Road Sheffield S11 9BB
Received 29 Jun 2026Street Record Taptonville Court Sheffield S10 5AE
Received 29 Jun 2026Land At Junction With Winn Grove Winn Gardens Sheffield S6 1UF
Received 29 Jun 2026Stannington Park Stannington Road Sheffield S6 6AH
Received 29 Jun 20263 Periwood Close Sheffield S8 0HZ
Received 29 Jun 202632 Wyvern Gardens Sheffield S17 3PR
Received 29 Jun 2026326 Herries Road Sheffield S5 7HA
Received 30 Jun 2026158A Osborne Road Sheffield S11 9BB
Received 30 Jun 202622 & 24 Oakholme Road Sheffield S10 3DF
Received 30 Jun 20264 Barncliffe Mews Sheffield S10 4JY
Received 30 Jun 2026Land At Rear Of Units P Q S And T Europa Link Sheffield S9 1XU
Received 30 Jun 2026Land Adjoining The Woodlands 11 Oriel Road Sheffield S10 3TF
Received 30 Jun 202631 Marlborough Road Sheffield S10 1DA
Received 30 Jun 2026Bristol Street Motors 70 - 76 Attercliffe Road Sheffield S4 7WW
Received 30 Jun 2026Site Of Former Outokumpu Shepcote Lane Sheffield S9 2RA
Received 30 Jun 2026348 Deerlands Avenue Sheffield S5 7WY
Received 30 Jun 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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