Live updates as councillors decide whether or not to approve plans for new Aldi, Lidl, Costa and Yorkshire's tallest tower

We will be bringing you live updates as councillors discuss whether or not to approve plans for Yorkshire’s tallest tower, two new supermarkets and a natural burial ground during a marathon meeting due to get underway any minute now.

By Lucy Ashton and Molly Williams, Local Democracy Reporters

Published 28th Jan 2020, 14:01 BST

Updated 28th Jan 2020, 14:15 BST

Councillors will decide whether or not to approve plans for Yorkshire’s tallest tower, two new supermarkets and a natural burial ground during a marathon meeting due to get underway any minute now.

The planning board has one of its busiest agendas ever with a number of significant schemes in the city centre, Penistone Road, Malin Bridge, Stannington, Lodge Moor, Fulwood and Cemetery Road.

The biggest one - literally - is a 38 storey tower with more than 1,200 rooms planned at Rockingham Street.

The new landmark building would be Sheffield and Yorkshire’s tallest building at 117m - a full 5m taller than Bridgewater Place in Leeds.

Councillors will also decide on plans for a new Aldi in Hillsborough and a new Lidl in nearby Malin Bridge at a planning meeting due to get underway at 2pm.