Sheffield Newspapers Ltd York Street Sheffield S1 1PU
Approved on 24 January 2018
Council decision: Grant Conditionally Prior NotificationDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Use of offices (Use Class B1a) on part ground, first, second and third floors of building as 200 residential units (Use Class C3)
- Received
- 14 November 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Sheffield City Council
- Ward
- City
- ReceivedReceived14 Nov
- ValidatedValidated17 Nov
- Consult.Consultation8 Dec
- TargetTarget Date12 Jan
- DecidedDecided24 Jan
Decided in 68 days
About this application
This is a planning application at Sheffield Newspapers Ltd York Street Sheffield S1 1PU. Sheffield has handled 9,053 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Sheffield's typical decision time. The site is in the City Centre conservation area, with 14 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 1PU
- Application type
- Building/Office to Residential PN
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 200
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 November 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 25 December 2017
- Consultation start
- 17 November 2017
- Consultation end
- 8 December 2017
- Last date for comments
- 25 December 2017
- Target decision date
- 12 January 2018
- Permission expires
- 24 January 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Freeths LLP Cumberland Court 80 Mount Street Nottingham NG1 6HH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 4 December 2017
- Site notice end
- 25 December 2017
Additional information
- Documents
- 17
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: City Centre
- Brownfield land register: Sheffield Newspapers Ltd York Street Sheffield S1 1PURegister site at or near this address · +2 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)
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