People in Sheffield can have their say on the city through public questions, statements and petitions. These are presented at decision-making meetings.
Our Full Council and Committee meetings
We have Full Council meetings and various kinds of Committee meetings.
Full Council
All Sheffield Councillors attend this meeting, and it makes the major decisions on the Council's:
- budget
- key policies
- procedures
Policy Committees
Most of the important decisions that affect the whole of Sheffield are made by our Policy Committees. They're responsible for implementing the policies of the Council.
Local Area Committees
Every community in Sheffield is covered by one of our seven local area committees. They help people to get involved in local issues.
Planning and Highways Committee
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. You can see how to make representations at Planning and Highways Committee on Democracy Sheffield.
Livestreaming of Full Council and Committee meetings continues as usual through our Webcast Portal.
Questions and statements for Full Council and Committee meetings
To improve public access to committees and decision making, committees allow members of the public to join remotely to ask questions or read statements. This is in addition to being able to attend committee meetings in person.
At the meetings, members of the public will also have the option to have their questions or statements read out by someone else on their behalf. This can be a nominated person or a Council officer.
How you can participate
There are several ways to participate in a Full Council or Committee meeting.
These include:
In order for your question or statement to be read aloud by yourself or a nominated person, the following arrangements must apply:
- your written question, supplementary question, verbal question or statement must not exceed 200 words
- if your question or statement has multiple parts, it must still be within the 200-word limit
- any pre-amble or introductory remarks must be included in the 200-word limit
Which meeting to submit your question or statement to
Information on all of our committees can be found on our Committee structure page.
Dates and details of Committee meetings can be found on our Current committees page.
Dates and details of Full Council meetings can be found on the Council Meetings calendar.
Submitting a question or statement
Use our online form to submit your question or statement.