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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331 approved · 39 refused · 6 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Rainbow Forge Primary School Beighton Road Hackenthorpe Sheffield S12 4LQ
Received 11 Sept 2026CMS South Quay 1 Wharf Street Victoria Quays Sheffield S2 5SY
Received 11 Sept 2026Land To South Of Holbrook Avenue And North Of Station Road, Halfway Sheffield S20 3GH
Received 11 Sept 2026942 City Road Sheffield S2 1GQ
Received 11 Sept 2026Tam Hangers (UK) Reuse Ltd Part A Unit 2 Provincial Park Nether Lane Sheffield S35 9ZX
Received 11 Sept 2026Land To South Of Holbrook Avenue And North Of Station Road, Halfway Sheffield S20 3GH
Received 11 Sept 202647 Cliffefield Road Sheffield S8 9DJ
Received 11 Sept 202661 Mason Crescent Sheffield S13 8LJ
Received 11 Sept 202610 Thurstan Avenue Sheffield S8 7BR
Received 14 Sept 20267 Kenbourne Grove Sheffield S7 1NH
Received 14 Sept 20266 Brook Green Sheffield S12 4NR
Received 14 Sept 2026Land Between 7 And 11 Cowley Way Sheffield S35 1QP
Received 14 Sept 2026312 Derbyshire Lane Sheffield S8 8SF
Received 14 Sept 202635 - 37 South Street Mosborough Sheffield S20 5DE
Received 14 Sept 2026Land To The East Of The Junction With School Street Station Road Mosborough Sheffield S20 5AD
Received 14 Sept 202614 Blue Ridge Close Sheffield S17 3JU
Received 14 Sept 202614 Boswell Close Sheffield S35 4FD
Received 14 Sept 2026Land Adjacent No 36 Charnock Drive Sheffield S12 3HD
Received 14 Sept 202632 Cavendish Road Sheffield S11 9BH
Received 15 Sept 2026120 Union Road Sheffield S11 9EN
Received 15 Sept 2026Abbeyfield Primary Academy Orphanage Road Sheffield S3 9AN
Received 15 Sept 2026Independent Forgings & Alloys Ltd Victoria Forge Livesey Street Sheffield S6 2BL
Received 15 Sept 2026Ranmoor Student Village Woodhead Way Sheffield S10 3AQ
Received 15 Sept 2026116 Mauncer Crescent Sheffield S13 7JD
Received 15 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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