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Oxton Road Congregational Church, Balls Road, Oxton, Wirral, CH43 5RF

APP/04/07945Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 10 March 2005

Council decision: ApprovePlanning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use to form 23 apartments

Received
9 December 2004
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Oxton
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.27 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Mar

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Oxton Road Congregational Church, Balls Road, Oxton, Wirral, CH43 5RF. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Oxton. We hold 1,326 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 5RF
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
23

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2004
Consultation expiry
27 January 2005
Consultation end
27 January 2005
Neighbour consultation end
27 January 2005
Last date for comments
2 February 2005
Committee meeting
9 March 2005
Application expires
2 February 2005

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Trinity Chambers, 18 Ivy Street, Birkenhead, Wirral,CH41 5EF

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
27 January 2005
Site notice end
27 January 2005

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
31
Constraints
5

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2004
    9 Dec

    Change of use to form 23 apartments

    This applicationApprovedFullAPP/04/07945
  2. 2004
    9 Dec

    Change of use to form 23 apartments

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideLBC/04/07969

Source: Wirral

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