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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331 approved · 39 refused · 6 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Peel Terrace Sheffield S10 2GU
Received 30 Jun 2026The Birley 2 Cross Hill Close Sheffield S35 9WW
Received 1 Jul 2026Land Between Junction With Longacre Way And Lion Park New Street Holbrook Sheffield S20 3GH
Received 1 Jul 2026Stoney Bank Cottage Oughtibridge Lane Sheffield S35 0HN
Received 30 Jun 2026Land Adjacent Ford House 4 Fox Valley Way Sheffield S36 2AD
Received 1 Jul 2026Land East Of Britannia Road And North Of High Hazels Park Infield Lane Sheffield S9 4PE
Received 1 Jul 2026University Of Sheffield Clinical Psychology 300 - 302 Western Bank Sheffield S10 2TJ
Received 1 Jul 2026Site Of Castle Market Exchange Street Sheffield S2 5TR
Received 1 Jul 2026University Of Sheffield 301 Glossop Road Sheffield S10 2HL
Received 1 Jul 2026Tinsley Depot Unit 2 Shepcote Lane Sheffield S9 1DL
Received 2 Jul 20264 Park Crescent Broomhill Sheffield S10 2DY
Received 2 Jul 2026Nibbles Pizza 465 Glossop Road Sheffield S10 2QE
Received 2 Jul 2026ALDI 183 Archer Road Sheffield S8 0JX
Received 2 Jul 202653 Dunkeld Road Sheffield S11 9HN
Received 2 Jul 2026Eramet Alloys Uk Ltd Unit 10 President Buildings Savile Street East Sheffield S4 7UQ
Received 2 Jul 202672 Riverdale Road Sheffield S10 3FD
Received 2 Jul 2026European Respiratory 442 Glossop Road Sheffield S10 2PX
Received 2 Jul 2026Former Car Park On Site Of Richardsons Cutlery Works Alma Street Sheffield S3 8SA
Received 2 Jul 2026Green Head Cottage Sunny Bank Road Sheffield S36 3ST
Received 2 Jul 2026Edale Lodge 344 Grimesthorpe Road Sheffield S4 7EW
Received 2 Jul 2026Edale Lodge 344 Grimesthorpe Road Sheffield S4 7EW
Received 2 Jul 2026200 Psalter Lane Sheffield S11 8UT
Received 2 Jul 202624 Lawson Road Sheffield S10 5BW
Received 2 Jul 202633 Hunshelf Road Burncross Sheffield S35 1UF
Received 2 Jul 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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