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Rightway Ltd, 280 Woodchurch Road, Prenton, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 8PQ

APP/16/01344Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 20 December 2016

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings and installation of new retail and storage building

Received
5 October 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Oxton
  1. Received5 Oct
  2. Validated25 Oct
  3. Consult.1 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Rightway Ltd, 280 Woodchurch Road, Prenton, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 8PQ. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Oxton. We hold 297 applications in total for the CH42 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
CH42 8PQ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 October 2016
Consultation expiry
1 December 2016
Consultation start
3 November 2016
Consultation end
1 December 2016
Neighbour consultation start
3 November 2016
Neighbour consultation end
1 December 2016
Last date for comments
20 December 2016
Application expires
20 December 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Emery Steel Contracts
Agent address
Unit 19, Spectrum 7 Novus Seaham, Spectrum Business Park, Seaham, SR7 7TT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
1 December 2016
Site notice end
1 December 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05517558
Documents
9
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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