Great Western Social Club, 8 Park Road West, Claughton, Wirral, CH43 1UR
Approved on 18 November 2005
Council decision: ApprovePlanning committee
Proposal
Erection of 20 apartments
- Received
- 5 July 2005
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Ward
- Claughton
- ReceivedReceived5 Jul
- ValidatedValidated21 Jul
- Consult.Consultation5 Sep
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided18 Nov
Decided in 120 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Great Western Social Club, 8 Park Road West, Claughton, Wirral, CH43 1UR. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 136 days, 11 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. The site is in the Birkenhead Park conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Claughton. 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 1UR
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Number of dwellings
- 20
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 July 2005
- Consultation expiry
- 5 September 2005
- Consultation end
- 5 September 2005
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 September 2005
- Last date for comments
- 14 September 2005
- Committee meeting
- 17 November 2005
- Application expires
- 14 September 2005
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 31 Park Road West, Curzon Park, Chester, CH4 8BQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 5 September 2005
- Site notice end
- 5 September 2005
Additional information
- Comments
- 0
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Birkenhead Park Conservation Area
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref WR0019
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20058 Aug
Demolition of a social club and erection of 20 apartments
ApprovedConservation Area ConsentCON/05/06847 - 200210 May
Erection of a 3 storey building for 12 self contained flats
WithdrawnFull Planning PermissionAPP/02/05976 - 200210 May
Demolition of building
WithdrawnConservation Area ConsentCON/02/05987 - 200113 Aug
Demolition of building
RefusedConservation Area ConsentCON/01/06625
Source: Wirral
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