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 and then click on the ‘Click for more details
about Planning and Highways Committee’ header which will
enable you to see the presentations made.
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. 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 and then click on the
‘Click for more details about Planning and Highways
Committee’ header which will enable you to see the
presentations made.
