Plumbley Hall Farm Plumbley Lane Sheffield S20 5BJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/00046/FUL - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Conversion and extension of agricultural buildings to create 2no. dwellings with amenity space, parking and associated storage, and alterations to 2no. existing converted agricultual buildings with amenity space, parking and associated storage (Application under Section 73 to vary condition number(s): 2. (Approved Plans) 3. (Surface Water Drainage) 4. (Surface Water Disposal) 5. (Phase 1 Preliminary Risk Assessment Report) 6. (Phase II Intrusive Site Investigation Report) 7. (Remeditation Strategy Report) 8. (Written Scheme of Investigation) 10. (Discharge of Surface Water) 11. (Large Scale Details) 12. (Hard & Soft Landscaping Scheme) & 17. (Drainage Systems) imposed by planning permission ) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Jan 2026
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Consultation
26 Mar 2026
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Approved
22 May 2026

Approved on 22 May 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 25 Jul 2026

Associated applications 4

Site constraints 9

Green belt: South and West Yorkshire
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Public bridleway 14 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Air quality management area: Sheffield Citywide AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
1 listed building within 150 m
Nearest: Plumbley Farmhouse, Grade II, 49 m away
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat 37 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Sheffield
Application type
Full Planning Application
Postcode
S20 5BJ
Received
8 Jan 2026
Validated
8 Jan 2026
Ward
Mosborough
Case officer
Show
Target decision
5 Mar 2026
Decision
Grant Conditionally
Decision date
22 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
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Agent
Fisher German LLP

How this decision compares

Decided in 134 days from validation, 78 days slower than Sheffield's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 84% of changes of use here are.

52%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
153decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Sheffield in the last twelve months, from validation. Sheffield decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14604197
Planning Portal ref
PP-14604197
Consultation
26 Mar 2026
Comments by
20 Apr 2026
Site or press notice
17 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
5 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No
Sheffield
Planning Authority Score
4.4/10
Below average
#183 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Sheffield ranks #176 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Sheffield decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #178 of 296
89%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #209 of 296
61%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #176 of 296
36%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #114 of 296
71%
Minor dwellings approved
144 decided (1-9 homes)
85%
Major dwellings approved
33 decided (10+ homes)
87%
Change of use approved
124 decided
1,756
Total decisions
237 refused in the year to March 2026

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