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Pensby High School For Boys, IRBY ROAD, PENSBY, CH61 6XN

APP/16/00203Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 28 April 2016

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Former boys school buildings and car park - change of use to B1 office use

Received
11 February 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Pensby and Thingwall
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.22 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Pensby High School For Boys, IRBY ROAD, PENSBY, CH61 6XN. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Pensby and Thingwall. We hold 1,500 applications in total for the CH61 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
CH61 6XN
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 March 2016
Consultation expiry
22 April 2016
Consultation start
1 April 2016
Consultation end
22 April 2016
Neighbour consultation start
1 April 2016
Neighbour consultation end
22 April 2016
Last date for comments
29 April 2016
Application expires
29 April 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
WEM.co.uk
Agent address
5 The Quadrant, Hoyalke, Wirral, CH47 2EE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
22 April 2016
Site notice end
22 April 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04812603
Documents
9
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.

  • Green belt: Wirral
  • 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.

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.

Source: Wirral

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