Graham House, Cole Street, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH43 4US

APP/05/07816Full Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 4 April 2006

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Part demolition of existing contractors warehouse and erection of six self contained apartments

Received: 14 December 2005
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Claughton

ReceivedReceived14 Dec
ValidatedValidated8 Feb
Consult.Consultation9 Mar
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided4 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Graham House, Cole Street, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH43 4US. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 8 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Claughton. We hold 1,325 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 4US
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 February 2006
Consultation expiry: 9 March 2006
Consultation end: 9 March 2006
Neighbour consultation end: 9 March 2006
Last date for comments: 4 April 2006
Application expires: 4 April 2006

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Lodge Court, Neston Road, Thornton Hough, Wirral,CH63 1JF

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 9 March 2006
Site notice end: 9 March 2006

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 13
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.

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Source: Wirral

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