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Lion Works 40 Ball Street Sheffield S3 8DB

Granted Sheffield 25/03697/FUL Full applications

Works: New dwelling Demolition

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Demolition of buildings and redevelopment of site to include 51no residential townhouses, and 84no residential apartments; to include new-build apartment buildings (3 storey to 6 storey) and conversion of the riverfront Bedfords Building, building ranges on Mowbray Street, the Crucible stack on Ball Street and a former joiners workshop building internal within the site; Provision of 2no Commercial Units (Use Class E - all sub-classes); Provision of 66no residential parking spaces across 2no covered ground floor parking areas accessed off Ball Street and Mowbray Street; Highways improvement works to Ball Street; Associated landscaping and amenity space works

As published by the council, reference 25/03697/FUL

Application record

Reference
25/03697/FUL
Category
Full applications
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Grant Conditionally
Received
16 Dec 2025
Validated
22 Dec 2025
Decided
26 Aug 2026
Ward
City
Decision by
Delegated decision
Postcode
S3 8DB

Site history

Applications at this address on the Sheffield register

This site has had 2 applications since 2004: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 04/02343/FUL Withdrawn

    Lion Works 40 Ball Street Sheffield S3 8DB

    Demolition of buildings and erection of 212 apartments and the provision of 3843 sq m of floor space for business purposes (use class B1)

    Decided 27 Oct 2008 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 16 Dec 2025

    Received by Sheffield

  2. 22 Dec 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 22 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. 26 Aug 2026

    Decision issued: Grant Conditionally

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

85 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Sheffield granted permission on 26 August 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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