Former St Benedicts School, New Hey Road, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 9DA
Approved on 27 January 2009
Council decision: ApprovePlanning committee
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Proposal
Erection of 190 dwellings with highway, landscaping and other associated works
- Received
- 12 July 2007
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Ward
- Upton
- ReceivedReceived12 Jul
- ValidatedValidated21 Aug
- Consult.Consultation20 Sep
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided27 Jan
Decided in 525 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Former St Benedicts School, New Hey Road, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 9DA. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 565 days, 73 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Upton. We hold 831 applications in total for the CH49 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
- CH49 9DA
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 190
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 August 2007
- Consultation expiry
- 20 September 2007
- Consultation end
- 20 September 2007
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 September 2007
- Last date for comments
- 20 November 2007
- Committee meeting
- 14 February 2008
- Application expires
- 20 November 2007
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 40 Barton Arcade, Manchester, M3 2BH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 20 September 2007
- Site notice end
- 20 September 2007
Additional information
- Comments
- 0
- Documents
- 78
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: WirralNext to the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.
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Source: Wirral
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