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22 Essex Road Sheffield S2 2RG

25/01175/CHUPlanning Application for Change of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 30 June 2025

Council decision: Grant ConditionallyDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Use of dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) as 5-bed house in multiple occupation (HMO) (Use Class C4)

Received
16 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Manor Castle
  1. Received16 Apr
  2. Validated1 May
  3. Consult.23 May
  4. Target26 Jun
  5. Decided30 Jun

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 22 Essex Road Sheffield S2 2RG. Sheffield has handled 527 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 3 weeks longer than Sheffield's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Manor Castle. We hold 492 applications in total for the S2 postcode area.

88% of amendment 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 2RG
Application type
Planning Application for Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 May 2025
Consultation expiry
23 May 2025
Consultation start
1 May 2025
Consultation end
23 May 2025
Last date for comments
21 July 2025
Target decision date
26 June 2025
Permission expires
30 June 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

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

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© 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.

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