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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331 approved · 39 refused · 6 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Burngreave Road Sheffield S3 9DD
Received 27 Jul 2026Swinnock Farm Swinnock Lane Sheffield S35 0DZ
Received 27 Jul 2026Swinnock Farm Swinnock Lane Sheffield S35 0DZ
Received 27 Jul 202613 Burngreave Road Sheffield S3 9DA
Received 27 Jul 2026Lowedges Road Fire Station Lowedges Road Sheffield S8 7JN
Received 27 Jul 2026Land Between Hollin Busk Road And Broomfield Grove And Broomfield Lane Sheffield S36 2AQ
Received 27 Jul 2026335 Ecclesall Road South Sheffield S11 9PW
Received 28 Jul 202643 Pingle Avenue Sheffield S7 2LP
Received 28 Jul 2026Banner Cross Hall Ecclesall Road South Sheffield S11 9PD
Received 28 Jul 2026Hallamshire Osteopathy 12 Causeway Head Road Sheffield S17 3DT
Received 28 Jul 202637 Standish Gardens Sheffield S5 8YD
Received 28 Jul 2026Sheffield City Hall Barker's Pool Sheffield S1 2JA
Received 28 Jul 2026Stannington Methodist Church Stannington Road Sheffield S6 6AN
Received 28 Jul 2026Rose And Crown 21 Stour Lane Sheffield S6 4BN
Received 28 Jul 2026The Shiregreen Arms 5 Mason Lathe Road Sheffield S5 0TL
Received 28 Jul 20268 Findon Place Sheffield S6 4WH
Received 29 Jul 2026764 Ecclesall Road Sheffield S11 8TB
Received 29 Jul 20263 Kenwood Road Sheffield S7 1NP
Received 29 Jul 2026Land At Rear Of 34 Tannery Street Sheffield S13 7JW
Received 29 Jul 20264 Totley Grange Road Sheffield S17 4AF
Received 29 Jul 2026251 Pitsmoor Road Sheffield S3 9AQ
Received 29 Jul 2026126 Osborne Road Sheffield S11 9BB
Received 29 Jul 202670 Worrall Road Worrall Sheffield S6 4BD
Received 29 Jul 202627 Woodstock Road Nether Edge Sheffield S7 1HA
Received 30 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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