The Old Dairy Greave House Farm New Hall Lane Sheffield S36 4GH Data via plota.co.uk

26/00344/FUL - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Erection of an agricultural barn for use as storage and for processing of veg and fruit, manufacturing goods, shelter and work for workers and volunteers. Use to also include shelter for animals and provision to of a lean-to greenhouse on the south side for propagating and growing of produce for market garden and provision of car parking… Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
10 Feb 2026
Validated
13 Feb 2026
Consultation
23 Feb 2026
Approved
27 Mar 2026

Approved on 27 Mar 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 4

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.
Public footpath 11 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.
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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. 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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
S36 4GH
Received
10 Feb 2026
Validated
13 Feb 2026
Ward
Stocksbridge & Upper Don
Parish
Stocksbridge Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Apr 2026
Decision
Grant Conditionally
Decision date
27 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 42 days from validation, 21 days faster than Sheffield's median of 63 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 91% of commercial and major works here are.

45%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
77decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Sheffield in the last twelve months, from validation. Sheffield decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-13506243
Consultation
23 Feb 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