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Birkenhead Preparatory School, 115-117 Beresford Road, Oxton, Wirral CH43 2JD

APP/04/07293Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 12 November 2004

Council decision: ApprovePlanning committee

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

Proposal

Conversion and extensions to form 12 new apartments, ancillary accommodation including car parking spaces, gardens and amenity spaces.

Received
14 September 2004
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Oxton
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated14 Sep
  3. Consult.28 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Nov

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Birkenhead Preparatory School, 115-117 Beresford Road, Oxton, Wirral CH43 2JD. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Wirral's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Oxton. We hold 1,327 applications in total for the CH43 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
CH43 2JD
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
12

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 September 2004
Consultation expiry
28 October 2004
Consultation end
28 October 2004
Neighbour consultation end
28 October 2004
Last date for comments
8 November 2004
Committee meeting
11 November 2004
Application expires
8 November 2004

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Studios, 3 Hawthorn Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire,SK9 1AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
28 October 2004
Site notice end
28 October 2004

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
17
Constraints
6

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

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© 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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