Statement of Representations Procedure
1. Title of document
Sheffield Plan: Proposed Additional Site Allocations May 2025
2.Subject matter
Sheffield City Council’s draft Local Plan (the draft ‘Sheffield Plan’) was submitted to Government for examination by appointed Planning Inspectors in October 2023. The draft Plan sets out the Council’s strategy for future growth and change through to 2039 and will help to deliver Sheffield City Council’s objectives for delivering a fairer city for everyone. The Plan consists of:
Part 1 – Vision, Spatial Strategy, Sub-Area Policies and Site Allocations
Part 2 – Development Management Policies and Implementation
A policies Map
Annex A – Site Allocations Schedule
Annex B – Parking Guidelines
Glossary
The role of this focused consultation is to provide the opportunity for representations to be made on the ‘soundness’ and legal compliance of fourteen additional site allocations for inclusion in the Plan before they are submitted to the Inspectors for consideration through the Sheffield Plan Examination. See Item 5) below for more information.
3. Period for submission of representations
The period for representations will run for 6 weeks from 29 May until 11 July 2025.
4. Where to view the Sheffield Plan: Proposed Additional Site Allocations May 2025 document and supporting documents
You can view and download the Sheffield Plan: Proposed Additional Site Allocations May 2025 document and supporting documents on the council’s website -
Hard copies of the Sheffield Plan: Proposed Additional Site Allocations May 2025 document will also be available to view in the city’s libraries and Howden House from Thursday 29th May. Supporting documents can be viewed at our main office, Howden House, 1 Union Street, Sheffield S1 2SH.
Supporting documents submitted with the Sheffield Plan in October 2023, and documents produced subsequently during the course of the examination are accessible from the following website https://haveyoursay.sheffield.gov.uk/sheffield-plan-proposed-additional-site-allocations . They are also available to view as hard copies at the Council’s main office, Howden House.
5. Things to consider when making a representation
We are asking for people to consider two specific questions when making representations on the Sheffield Plan: Proposed Additional Site Allocations May 2025 document:
1) Is the plan legally compliant when including these proposed new allocations?
Does the plan comply with the relevant legislation and regulations in the way it has been prepared, and in its content?
2) Is the plan ‘sound’ when including these proposed new allocations?
Has the plan been ‘positively prepared?’ Is it robustly justified and evidence-led? Will it be effective in what it sets out to achieve? And is it consistent with regional and national planning policy?
If you would like to be heard at the independent examination in public, please tell us in your representation. Please double check that the contact details you include with your representation are correct so that the Programme Officer can contact you regarding this.
6. How to submit your representation
Online through our consultation hub webpage:
or
By Email at sheffieldplan@sheffield.gov.uk
or
By post at
Strategic Planning Team
Planning Service
5th Floor, Howden House
Sheffield
S1 2SH
Please note: all comments will be made public and will be submitted to the Secretary of State. We will not consider confidential or anonymous responses. Your comments and name will be published but other personal information will remain confidential.
7. Notification of next stages
The next stages of the Plan are:-
the submission of the proposed additional site allocations for independent examination, in order to satisfy the Inspectors’ request for further work to be undertaken on housing and employment land supply,
the publication of the recommendations of the Inspectors appointed to carry out an independent examination of the local plan under section 20 of the Act, and
the adoption of the local plan.
If you wish to be contacted about any of these stages, please tell us in your representation when and how you would like to be contacted.
8. Contact for more information:
Please contact the Strategic Planning team using the contact details above.
9. Data Protection
See the data protection statement below and our privacy notice on the website which explain how we will use your personal data.
Data Protection Notice:
Under the General Data Protection Regulation 2016 (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) Sheffield City Council is a Data Controller for the information it holds about you.
The lawful basis under which the Council uses personal data for this purpose is:
GDPR Article 6(1)(e) – public task: consultation on council plans and services is part of the statutory duties of the local authority.
Special Category Data
Special category data is information of a sensitive nature including race, health, religion and political opinions. More information is available here: What is special category data? | ICO
We are not seeking special category data as part of the consultation and ask that you do not include it in your response.
It is likely that some people will include special categories of data in their response to this consultation. This will be retained and processed under: GDPR Article 9(2)(g): Substantial public interest – statutory and government purposes.
All representations are required to be made public and will be published on the Sheffield Plan Council’s website following this consultation. Your representations and full name/name of your organisation will be published, but other personal information will remain confidential. Your data and comments will be shared with other relevant agencies involved in the preparation of the local plan, including the Planning Inspectorate. Anonymous responses will not be considered.
Your personal data will be held and processed in accordance with the Council’s Privacy Notice which can be viewed at: https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/utilities/footer-links/privacy-notice
If you would like the Council to keep you informed about the Sheffield Plan, we need to hold your contact information on file.
To confirm if you would like to ‘opt in’ to receive information about the Sheffield Plan, you can answer this as part of making your representation using the “Survey” button. Note that choosing to ‘opt in’ will mean that the Council will hold your information for 2 years from the ‘opt in’ date. At this time we will contact you to review if you wish to ‘opt in’ again. You can opt-out at any time by emailing sheffieldplan@sheffield.gov.uk or by calling 0114 2735897.
Consultation has concluded
