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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331 approved · 39 refused · 6 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lloyds Banking Group 12 Furnival Road Sheffield S4 7YB
Received 13 Jul 2026Lloyds Banking Group 12 Furnival Road Sheffield S4 7YB
Received 13 Jul 202678 Whiteways Road Sheffield S4 8EU
Received 13 Jul 2026Land Between 26 & 38 Marsh House Road Sheffield S11 9SP
Received 13 Jul 2026Beachcomber Barbershop 584 Manchester Road Stocksbridge Sheffield S36 1DY
Received 14 Jul 202690 Whiteways Road Sheffield S4 8EU
Received 14 Jul 202676 Bole Hill Lane Sheffield S10 1SB
Received 13 Jul 202644 Kingfield Road Sheffield S11 9AS
Received 14 Jul 2026Workshop 11 High Street Ecclesfield Sheffield S35 9XA
Received 14 Jul 202633 Jaunty Lane Sheffield S12 3DL
Received 14 Jul 20265 Lady's Bridge Sheffield S3 8GA
Received 14 Jul 2026Teaford 37 Fargate Sheffield S1 2HD
Received 14 Jul 202616 Old Park Road Sheffield S8 7DT
Received 14 Jul 2026628 Prince Of Wales Road Sheffield S9 4ER
Received 14 Jul 20263 Brinkburn Vale Road Sheffield S17 3NZ
Received 14 Jul 2026Land Adjacent 126 And 128 Church Street Oughtibridge Sheffield S35 0FW
Received 14 Jul 2026119B Southey Hill Sheffield S5 8BL
Received 15 Jul 2026Hawley's Tyres & Exhausts 65 Holme Lane Sheffield S6 4JP
Received 15 Jul 202679 Bannerdale Road Sheffield S7 2DN
Received 15 Jul 20262 Auckland Drive Sheffield S20 4TP
Received 15 Jul 2026Oughtibridge Mill Sheffield Site 22 - 24 Main Road Wharncliffe Side Sheffield S35 0DN
Received 15 Jul 2026Commercial House 14 Commercial Street Sheffield S1 2AT
Received 15 Jul 2026Commercial House 14 Commercial Street Sheffield S1 2AT
Received 15 Jul 2026Kitlocker 1 - 7 Allen Street Sheffield S3 7AW
Received 16 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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