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Sherwood, 3 Prospect Road, Prenton, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 8LE

APP/16/01625Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 16 March 2017

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed first-floor terrace

Received
16 December 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Prenton
  1. Received16 Dec
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.20 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Sherwood, 3 Prospect Road, Prenton, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 8LE. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. The site is in the Mountwood conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Prenton. 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 8LE
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2017
Consultation expiry
20 February 2017
Consultation start
23 January 2017
Consultation end
20 February 2017
Neighbour consultation start
23 January 2017
Neighbour consultation end
20 February 2017
Last date for comments
16 March 2017
Application expires
16 March 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
PATERSON MACAULAY & OWENS
Architect profile
PATERSON MACAULAY & OWENS LTD
Agent address
9 Earl Road, Mold, CH7 1AJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
20 February 2017
Site notice end
20 February 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05702819
Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Mountwood Conservation Area
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref WR0304Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

© 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.

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