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Hamilton Memorial Church Upton Road, Claughton, Wirral

APP/18/00319Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 13 July 2018

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of the Hamilton Memorial United Reform Church and erection of 27 apartments with associated parking and landscaping. Application includes the removal and replacement of small trees within the site, and the relocation of the memorial stone within the existing boundary walls.

Received
5 March 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Claughton
Agent
Ainsley Gommon Architects
  1. Received5 Mar
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.20 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Jul

Decided in 112 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Hamilton Memorial Church Upton Road, Claughton, Wirral,. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 130 days, 11 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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).

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Application details

Postcode
CH41 0DE
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
27

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2018
Consultation expiry
20 April 2018
Consultation start
23 March 2018
Consultation end
20 April 2018
Neighbour consultation start
23 March 2018
Neighbour consultation end
20 April 2018
Last date for comments
22 June 2018
Application expires
13 July 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ainsley Gommon Architects
Architect profile
AINSLEY GOMMON ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
1 Price Street, Hamilton Square, Birkenhead, CH41 6JN

Planning decision

Statutory period
112 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
20 April 2018
Site notice end
20 April 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06788208
Documents
61
Constraints
3

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2018
    14 Aug

    Discharge of Conditions 3,4,5,7,9,10 & 11 of Planning Permission APP/18/00319

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDIS/18/00295/NOAP
  2. 2018
    5 Mar

    Demolition of the Hamilton Memorial United Reform Church and erection of 27 apartments with associated…

    This applicationApprovedFullAPP/18/00319

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    20 Dec

    building name signage

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentADV/19/01912

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