Former Site Of Castle Market Exchange Street Sheffield S2 5TR

23/00493/OUTOutline Planning ApplicationApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 May 2023

Council decision: Grant ConditionallyPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Hybrid planning application for the regeneration of Castle Site, including: Full application for new public realm open space including the partial de-culverting of the River Sheaf and refurbishment/adaptation of the retained structure above the upper chamber. Outline application for the construction of buildings on prepared development plots (for use within Use Classes: E (Commercial, business and service), F.1 (Learning and non-residential institutions), F.2 (Local community), C1 (Hotels), C2 (Residential institutions) and/ or C3 (Dwellinghouses) and/ or for use as a drinking establishment, and/ or as a hot food takeaway (sui generis)) together with an area of public realm readied for the River Sheaf to be de-culverted at a later date

Received: 14 February 2023
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 62
Council: Sheffield City Council
Ward: City

ReceivedReceived14 Feb
ValidatedValidated20 Feb
Consult.Consultation23 May
TargetTarget Date22 May
DecidedDecided24 May

Decided in 93 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Former Site Of Castle Market Exchange Street Sheffield S2 5TR. Sheffield has handled 579 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 6 weeks longer than Sheffield's typical decision time. The site is in the City Centre conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 152 applications across City. We hold 492 applications in total for the S2 postcode area.

84% of outline 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: S2 5TR
Application type: Outline Planning Application
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 February 2023
Consultation expiry: 23 May 2023
Consultation start: 9 May 2023
Consultation end: 23 May 2023
Last date for comments: 15 June 2023
Target decision date: 22 May 2023
Committee meeting: 23 May 2023
Permission expires: 24 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 2 March 2023
Advertisement expiry: 27 March 2023
Site notice start: 24 February 2023
Site notice end: 21 March 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11896585
Documents: 82

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: City Centre
Listed building: Grade II: Remains of Sheffield Castle Benaeth Castle Market (2)On this site · +2 more
Brownfield land register: Court House, WaingateRegister site at or near this address · +1 more

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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