Woods Of Wirral, 31a Carham Road, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 4FF
Approved on 28 May 2019
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Retrospective change of use to car sales and showroom, valet, vehicle parking/storage, and office space
- Received
- 11 March 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Ward
- Hoylake and Meols
- Agent
- Grantley Lowe Limited
- ReceivedReceived11 Mar
- ValidatedValidated11 Mar
- Consult.Consultation25 Apr
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided28 May
Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Woods Of Wirral, 31a Carham Road, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 4FF. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 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 71 applications across Hoylake and Meols. We hold 637 applications in total for the CH47 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
- CH47 4FF
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 March 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 25 April 2019
- Consultation start
- 27 March 2019
- Consultation end
- 25 April 2019
- Neighbour consultation start
- 22 March 2019
- Neighbour consultation end
- 25 April 2019
- Last date for comments
- 6 May 2019
- Committee meeting
- 30 May 2019
- Application expires
- 3 June 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Grantley Lowe Limited
- Agent address
- 34 St Anne Street, Liverpool, L3 3DS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 84 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 25 March 2019
- Advertisement expiry
- 25 April 2019
- Site notice end
- 25 April 2019
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-07666212
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: WirralNext to the site
- 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.
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Source: Wirral
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