Former Head Post Office (Phase 3) 17 Fitzalan Square Sheffield S1 2LD
Approved on 11 May 2017
Council decision: Grant ConditionallyPlanning committee
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Proposal
Erection of a 10/16 storey building to provide 241 student bed spaces comprising of 29 Cluster Flats and 13 Studio Units, with ancillary accommodation and installation of screening to roof mounted plant to Former Head Post Office Building
- Received
- 30 November 2016
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 6
- Council
- Sheffield City Council
- Ward
- City
- ReceivedReceived30 Nov
- ValidatedValidated16 Dec
- Consult.Consultation11 Jan
- TargetTarget Date10 Feb
- DecidedDecided11 May
Decided in 146 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Former Head Post Office (Phase 3) 17 Fitzalan Square Sheffield S1 2LD. Sheffield has handled 235 applications of this type. This one was decided in 162 days, 15 weeks longer than Sheffield's typical decision time. The site is in the City Centre conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 152 applications across City. We hold 1,360 applications in total for the S1 postcode area.
90% of heritage 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
- Postcode
- S1 2LD
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 December 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 24 February 2017
- Consultation start
- 22 December 2016
- Consultation end
- 11 January 2017
- Neighbour consultation start
- 21 December 2016
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 January 2017
- Last date for comments
- 1 June 2017
- Target decision date
- 10 February 2017
- Committee meeting
- 9 May 2017
- Permission expires
- 11 May 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr S Burlaga Talbot Chambers 2 North Church Street SHEFFIELD S1 2DH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 12 January 2016
- Advertisement expiry
- 2 February 2016
- Site notice start
- 3 February 2017
- Site notice end
- 24 February 2017
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-05663544
- Documents
- 31
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: City Centre
- Brownfield land register: Former Head Post Office Fitzalan Square Sheffield S1 1ABRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (19)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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