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Site Of 159 To 165 West Street Sheffield (Numbered 163 West St And Flats 1-11 165 West St)

10/04045/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 28 June 2011

Council decision: Grant Conditionally Unilateral AgreementPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of 7 storey mixed use development comprising 11 student flats (providing 56 bedspaces) over commercial unit for retail/bar/restaurant use (Clarification of description and revised plans received 09.03.2011)

Received
29 December 2010
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
City
  1. Received29 Dec
  2. Validated30 Dec
  3. Consult.3 Feb
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided28 Jun

Decided in 180 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Site Of 159 To 165 West Street Sheffield (Numbered 163 West St And Flats 1-11 165 West St). Sheffield has handled 2,418 applications of this type. This one was decided in 181 days, 18 weeks longer than Sheffield's typical decision time. The site is in the City Centre conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 152 applications across City.

89% of full applications at Sheffield City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 December 2010
Consultation expiry
7 February 2011
Consultation start
13 January 2011
Consultation end
3 February 2011
Neighbour consultation start
17 January 2011
Neighbour consultation end
7 February 2011
Last date for comments
7 February 2011
Target decision date
31 March 2011
Committee meeting
3 May 2011
Permission expires
28 June 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Miss L Jepson Hope Works 25 Mowbray Street Sheffield S3 8EL

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 January 2011

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
37

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: City Centre
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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