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25/02741/LBC - Listed Building Consent Application Approved

Proposal

Redevelopment and change of use to create a mixed-use development comprising Use Class E, F1, F2 and/or Sui Generis, together with reconfigured facades, entrances and access, associated landscaping, parking, and infrastructure works (Amended Plans). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Sept 2025
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Consultation
12 Feb 2026
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Approved
11 Mar 2026

Approved on 11 Mar 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 12 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Sheffield Planning and Highways Committee on 10 Mar 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • The application was discussed alongside the related full application.

Source: Plota analysis of Sheffield's committee minutes, Sheffield Planning and Highways Committee minutes, 10 March 2026 .

Documents 22

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment. Nearest recorded mine shaft: 16 m away (reference 435387-006). 2 recorded mine entries within 50 m.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
City Centre conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
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 ↗
14 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Former Cole Brothers' Department Store, Grade II, 35 m away · 1 Grade I, 3 Grade II*, 10 Grade II
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.
Show all 14 with distances
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Heritage at risk 48 m away: Leah's Yard, 20-22, Cambridge Street, Sheffield; Inside the Sheffield built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 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.

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Important details

Council
Sheffield
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Postcode
S1 2HB
Received
16 Sept 2025
Validated
16 Sept 2025
Ward
City
Case officer
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Target decision
13 Mar 2026
Decision
Grant Conditionally
Decision date
11 Mar 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Made It Together

How this decision compares

Decided in 176 days from validation, 120 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

3comments received
2 objecting1 neutral

67% object · below the UK average of 74%

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14327423
Planning Portal ref
PP-14327423
Consultation
12 Feb 2026
Comments by
26 Feb 2026
Site or press notice
25 Sept 2025
Committee
10 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
11 Nov 2025
Env. assessment
No
Sheffield
Planning Authority Score
4.4/10
Below average
#183 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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