Vacant Shop, 14 Eastbourne Road, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 4DT

APP/07/06830Full Planning PermissionRefused

Full

Refused on 26 October 2007

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from shop to ground floor flat.

Received: 31 August 2007
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Claughton

ReceivedReceived31 Aug
ValidatedValidated31 Aug
Consult.Consultation4 Oct
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided26 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Vacant Shop, 14 Eastbourne Road, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 4DT. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Claughton. We hold 347 applications in total for the CH41 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode: CH41 4DT
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 31 August 2007
Consultation expiry: 4 October 2007
Consultation end: 4 October 2007
Neighbour consultation end: 4 October 2007
Last date for comments: 26 October 2007
Application expires: 26 October 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 144 Grange Road West, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH43 4XQ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 4 October 2007
Site notice end: 4 October 2007

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 5
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.

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.

Source: Wirral

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near CH41

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Nearby applications

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Contractors near this project

Find contractors for change of use near this site

View all contractors

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report