This Committee is responsible for
planning applications, Tree Preservation Orders, enforcement action
and some highway, footpath, road safety and traffic management
issues for the whole City. It is also responsible for determination
of City Centre planning, development of transport matters and
strategic development projects.
Recording of
Meetings
Recording is
allowed at Planning Committees under the direction of the Chair of
the meeting. The
protocol on audio/visual recording and photography provides
further information.
Planning
Applications
Planning applications online
allows you to view details of planning applications.
Speaking at Planning
and Highways Committee Meetings
The public are able to speak at
a Planning and Highways Committee meeting. This is restricted to one person to speak
for and one person to speak against a planning application report
recommendation for up to five minutes each. However, at the Chair’s discretion, more
speakers may be allowed to speak with the same time allowance,
although the Chair will ask and is keen to ensure that they
don’t repeat any issues already raised by previous
speakers. Where possible, it is helpful
for a nominated person to speak on behalf of a group of people
wanting to speak, although it is appreciated this is not always
possible.
Speakers addressing the
Committee should cover all their points in the time allowed,
objectors to a planning application will speak first followed by
the applicant. It is also important, when speaking, to address the
planning policy issues in respect of the proposed development, as
the Committee has to make a decision on these matters.
Those who go over their time
limit will be asked politely by the Chair to end their
representations. People will not be allowed to speak again after
they have spoken, unless invited to do so by the Chair of the
meeting. After representations to the
Committee, questions from Members will be answered by the officers,
unless it is considered necessary by the Chair for the
applicant/agent/objector to respond.
Although the Government has
lifted all Covid-19 restrictions, the Council are still operating
under Social Distancing Rules and you must register to speak by
emailing committee@sheffield.gov.uk
no later than 2pm on the Friday before the Committee. This is necessary to facilitate the management of
attendance at the meeting to maintain social
distancing. You will also be asked for
your email address and phone number (details of how we will use and
keep your information can be found
here). The Principal Committee
Secretary will ask you to confirm that you do not object to your
details being passed on to other people who wish to speak, to
encourage the selection of a single spokesperson, if this is
necessary. Where agreement on a
spokesperson is not reached, speakers will be chosen on a first
come, first served basis.
Due health and safety
restrictions in place to ensure current social distancing rules in
our meeting rooms, we are unable to guarantee entrance to
observers, as priority will be given to registered speakers. To
observe the meeting as a member of the public, please click on the
‘view the webcast’ link provided on the meeting page of
the website.
Any additional issues raised in
any representations, which are not already addressed in the officer
report, will, be added to the Supplementary Report (this document
details any late representations, explanations and clarifications
received after the agenda has been published) and summarised by the
Planning Officer at the meeting. Any representations submitted in
relation to an item to be presented at Planning Committee must be
submitted 24 hours before the meeting commences to be taken into
account.
Please note
that meetings will be filmed for live or subsequent broadcast via
the council’s website. See the Council’s
Webcasting Notice for more
details.
If you have a general enquiry regarding
Planning Applications, please visit the Planning
section of our website.
**PLEASE NOTE: Meetings of
Planning and Highways Committee have to be held as physical
meetings. Social distancing restrictions and other public health
safety measures still apply. The Council Chamber can accommodate
all Planning and Highways Committee Members, plus officers, and a
limited number of members of the public within a safe indoor
environment. However, if you would like to attend the meeting, you
must register to attend by emailing committee@sheffield.gov.uk 2
clear days in advance of the date of the meeting. This is necessary
to facilitate the management of attendance at the meeting to
maintain social distancing. In order to ensure safe access and to
protect all attendees, you will be required to wear a face covering
(unless you have an exemption) at all times within the venue. It is
also recommended that you undertake a Covid-19 Rapid Lateral Flow
Test within two days of the meeting. You can order tests online to
be delivered to your home address, or you can collect tests from a
local pharmacy or from the English Institute of Sport, Coleridge
Road, Sheffield S9 5DA. Further details of these tests and how to
obtain them can be accessed here - Order
coronavirus (COVID-19) rapid lateral flow tests - GOV.UK
(www.gov.uk). We are unable to
guarantee entrance to observers, as priority will be given to
registered speakers. To observe the meeting as a member of the
public, please click on the ‘view the webcast’ link
provided on the meeting page of the website.
