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331 approved · 39 refused · 6 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 Daniel Hill Street Sheffield S6 3JH
Received 30 Jul 2026Rose And Crown 21 Stour Lane Sheffield S6 4BN
Received 30 Jul 2026Site Of Former Store B At Rear Of 97 To 101 Ecclesall Road South Sheffield S11 9PH
Received 30 Jul 202613 Thornborough Close Sheffield S2 3PE
Received 30 Jul 2026Biffa Waste Services 359 - 361 Greenland Road Sheffield S9 5FD
Received 30 Jul 2026Land Adjacent Ford House 4 Fox Valley Way Sheffield S36 2AD
Received 30 Jul 2026Motorfair 89 London Road Sheffield S2 4LE
Received 30 Jul 2026Student Roost 80 Hoyle Street Sheffield S3 7LG
Received 30 Jul 2026Earnest W Hatfield Ltd 200 Sharrow Vale Road Sheffield S11 8ZD
Received 30 Jul 20265 Hendon Street Sheffield S13 9AX
Received 31 Jul 2026106 Knowle Lane Sheffield S11 9SJ
Received 31 Jul 2026St Marys Parish Church Priory Road Ecclesfield Sheffield S35 9XZ
Received 31 Jul 202620 Byron Road Nether Edge Sheffield S7 1RY
Received 31 Jul 2026Pavement Opposite Junction With Hollythorpe Rise And Lees Hall Avenue Sheffield S8 9JE
Received 31 Jul 20262 Oak Villas High Street Mosborough Sheffield S20 5AJ
Received 31 Jul 202660 Archer Lane Sheffield S7 2BW
Received 31 Jul 2026Site Of Former Sheffield Testing Laboratories Ltd Nursery Street Sheffield S3 8GP
Received 31 Jul 2026Victory Park 175 Upwell Street Sheffield S4 8BR
Received 31 Jul 20266 Endcliffe Edge Sheffield S10 3EH
Received 31 Jul 2026Site Of Former Sheffield Ski Village Vale Road Sheffield S3 9SJ
Received 31 Jul 2026The Fat Cat 23 Alma Street Sheffield S3 8SA
Received 31 Jul 202626 Moorthorpe Dell Sheffield S20 6QF
Received 31 Jul 2026Pavement Outside 395 Petre Street Sheffield S4 8LU
Received 31 Jul 2026Unit 10 St James' Retail Park Bochum Parkway Sheffield S8 8BS
Received 31 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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