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Fitzalan Square And Esperanto Place Sheffield S1 2AY

17/04081/RG3Application Submitted by the CouncilApproved

Approved on 20 December 2017

Council decision: Grant ConditionallyPlanning committee

Proposal

Public realm improvements to Fitzalan Square and access enhancements to Esperanto Place, including demolition of 31 - 35 Arundel Gate and existing structures

Received
29 September 2017
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
38
Ward
City
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Nov
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 82 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Fitzalan Square And Esperanto Place Sheffield S1 2AY. Sheffield has handled 9,053 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 4 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.

Application details

Postcode
S1 2AY
Application type
Application Submitted by the Council
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2017
Consultation expiry
29 November 2017
Consultation start
5 October 2017
Consultation end
29 November 2017
Last date for comments
11 January 2018
Target decision date
24 November 2017
Committee meeting
19 December 2017
Permission expires
20 December 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Howden House 1 Union Street Sheffield S1 2SH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 October 2017
Advertisement expiry
2 November 2017
Site notice start
1 November 2017
Site notice end
22 November 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06325169
Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: City Centre
  • Brownfield land register: 40-50 Castle Square Sheffield S1 2GFRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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