The Tower 2 Furnival Square Sheffield S1 4QL
Approved on 8 February 2018
Council decision: Grant Conditionally Prior NotificationDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Use of office building (Use Class B1a) as 57 residential units (Use Class C3) over floors 1 - 9
- Received
- 15 December 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Sheffield City Council
- Ward
- City
- ReceivedReceived15 Dec
- ValidatedValidated15 Dec
- Consult.Consultation23 Jan
- TargetTarget Date9 Feb
- DecidedDecided8 Feb
Decided in 55 days
About this application
This is a planning application at The Tower 2 Furnival Square Sheffield S1 4QL. Sheffield has handled 9,053 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There have been 3 other applications 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 4QL
- Application type
- Building/Office to Residential PN
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 57
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 December 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 23 January 2018
- Consultation start
- 2 January 2018
- Consultation end
- 23 January 2018
- Last date for comments
- 23 January 2018
- Target decision date
- 9 February 2018
- Permission expires
- 8 February 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO David Smith Toronto Square Toronto Street Leeds LS1 2HJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: The Tower, 2 Furnival Square, S1 2QLRegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201724 May
External alterations to building
ApprovedFull Planning Application17/02241/FUL - 201227 Apr
Use of first floor of building as a karaoke bar (Class D2) in association with the existing ground floor…
ApprovedPlanning Application for Change of Use12/01330/CHU - 201128 Oct
Application to approve details in relation to condition numbers 7. sound attenuation; 8. validation test; 9…
Condition Application DecidedDischarge of conditions11/03478/COND
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