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36 Oxton Road, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 2QJ

APP/03/07737Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 9 January 2004

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor to retail

Received
8 December 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Birkenhead and Tranmere
  1. Received8 Dec
  2. Validated8 Dec
  3. Consult.8 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Jan

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 36 Oxton Road, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 2QJ. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 weeks quicker than Wirral's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 347 applications in total for the CH41 postcode area.

86% of full applications at Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CH41 2QJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 December 2003
Consultation expiry
8 January 2004
Consultation end
8 January 2004
Neighbour consultation end
8 January 2004
Last date for comments
1 February 2004
Application expires
1 February 2004

Applicant and agent

Agent address
21 Forest Road, Meols, Wirral, CH47 6AS

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
8 January 2004
Site notice end
8 January 2004

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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