Best Western Plus The Quays Hotel 2 Furnival Road Sheffield S4 7YA Data via plota.co.uk

25/01899/LBC - Listed Building Consent Application Approved

Proposal

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Application progress

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Received
25 Jun 2025
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Validated
10 Jul 2025
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Consultation
10 Jul 2025
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Approved
26 Sept 2025

Approved on 26 Sept 2025 · Delegated decision · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Site constraints 6

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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 ↗
Also on the record
6 listed buildings within 150 m; Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Sheffield built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 1 November 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £9,150,000 in September 2019. Other property, freehold.

30 September 2019£9,150,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area8,076 m² (86,929 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (asset rating 57)
UseC1 Hotels
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2019, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Sheffield
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Postcode
S4 7YA
Received
25 Jun 2025
Validated
10 Jul 2025
Ward
City
Case officer
Show
Target decision
26 Sept 2025
Decision
Grant Conditionally
Decision date
26 Sept 2025
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 78 days from validation, 22 days slower than Sheffield's median of 56 for listed building works. Approved, as 95% of listed building works here are.

53%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
88decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 15 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14128983
Planning Portal ref
PP-14128983
Consultation
10 Jul 2025
Comments by
11 Aug 2025
Site or press notice
17 Jul 2025
Statutory expiry
4 Sept 2025
Env. assessment
No
Sheffield
Planning Authority Score
4.4/10
Below average
#183 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.