RefNoCA208
TitleNorton Rural District Council (and predecessor): Registers of Building Plans and Planning Applications
AdminHistoryPlans were deposited with the Ecclesall Bierlow Rural Sanitary Authority until 1895. From 1895, plans were deposited with Norton Rural District Council.

Parts of Norton were absorbed into Sheffield under the Sheffield Corporation Act, 1900. Most of the remaining parts of Norton Rural District became part of the city under the Sheffield Extension Act, 1933.
DescriptionA. Building Plans (1069 plans), (mainly Woodseats, Meersbrook, Norton, Totley and Dore), 1885 - 1922 (CA208/a).

B. Building Plans (980 plans), (mainly Totley, Dore, Bradway, Greenhill and Beauchief), 1922 - 1946 (CA208/b).

C. Registers of Building Plans (5 volumes), 1885 - 1934 (CA208/c) [not all plans indexed in the registers survive; only extant building plans are listed in the catalogue].

For planning applications after 1933/1934 see Sheffield City Council (CA206).
Date1885 - 1934
Extent2054 items
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsNotice may be required to access the original files. Please refer to a member of staff for advice.
LevelCollection
RelatedMaterialSheffield City Archives:
Other planning registers, planning applications and building plans:

Sheffield City Council planning applications (after 1933/1934) (CA206).

See also: Register of Building Plans, 1885-1911 (CA214/1) - this register is for areas added to Sheffield in 1900 (Handsworth and Norton Within) and 1911 (Tinsley). [Note, the plans listed as Norton in this volume replicate the information given in the Norton Planning Registers, CA208/c].

Handsworth Urban District Council: registers of building plans and building plans, 1889 - 1921 (CA209; CA210)

Wortley Rural District Council: Registers of building plans, 1881 - 1974 (CA676)
AcquisitionSourceThese items were transferred to Sheffield Archives presumably from the City Council's Planning Department in 1976.
ArchNoteTypescript catalogue (CA208a/1-451) prepared by Peter Evans, June 2011; remainder of catalogue (CA208a/452-1107 and 208b/1-974) listed by Pat Dallman/Cheryl Bailey, Oct 2021-Mar 2024.
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