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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331 approved · 39 refused · 6 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Workshop At Rear Of 51 Handsworth Road Sheffield S9 4AA
Received 2 Sept 202657 Snaithing Lane Sheffield S10 3LF
Received 3 Sept 2026180 Shalesmoor Sheffield S3 8RG
Received 3 Sept 2026Freestylers 547 Ecclesall Road Sheffield S11 8PR
Received 3 Sept 2026Hollis Croft City Centre Sheffield S1 4NQ
Received 3 Sept 202623 Waterfield Mews Sheffield S20 8FJ
Received 4 Sept 202683 Muskoka Drive Sheffield S11 7RH
Received 4 Sept 2026The Physios 1 Beech Hill Road Sheffield S10 2SA
Received 4 Sept 2026Garages To Rear Of 15 Carlby Road Sheffield S6 5HP
Received 4 Sept 202647 Ashgate Road Sheffield S10 3BZ
Received 4 Sept 2026Bowling Green At Beighton Sports And Leisure Club 52A High Street Beighton Sheffield S20 1ED
Received 4 Sept 2026Westwood Cattery Greaves Lane High Green Sheffield S35 4GR
Received 4 Sept 202670 Riverdale Road Sheffield S10 3FD
Received 4 Sept 2026Land Adjacent Ford House 4 Fox Valley Way Sheffield S36 2AD
Received 4 Sept 2026Park Hill Estate Duke Street Park Hill Sheffield S2 5RQ
Received 4 Sept 2026Stagecoach Rother Valley Way Sheffield S20 3RW
Received 4 Sept 202680 Brookhouse Hill Sheffield S10 3TB
Received 4 Sept 202612 Morland Drive Sheffield S14 1SY
Received 7 Sept 2026Garage Site Next To 73 Dungworth Green Sheffield S6 6HE
Received 7 Sept 20263 Montgomery Drive Sheffield S7 1PA
Received 7 Sept 202623 The Spinney Sheffield S17 3AL
Received 7 Sept 202619 Clifford Road Sheffield S11 9AQ
Received 7 Sept 2026JobCentrePlus 639 - 641 Penistone Road Owlerton Sheffield S6 2GG
Received 7 Sept 2026130 Monteney Road Sheffield S5 9DU
Received 7 Sept 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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