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Gables, 16 Mountwood Road, Prenton, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 8NG

APP/20/00408Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 22 October 2020

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Front Entrance Extension/Remodelling & First Floor Dormer Roof

Received
16 March 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Prenton
  1. Received16 Mar
  2. Validated9 Apr
  3. Consult.30 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 196 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at Gables, 16 Mountwood Road, Prenton, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 8NG. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 220 days, 23 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. The site is in the Mountwood conservation area. There have been 4 other applications 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 8NG
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 April 2020
Consultation expiry
30 July 2020
Consultation start
9 July 2020
Consultation end
30 July 2020
Neighbour consultation start
17 April 2020
Neighbour consultation end
30 July 2020
Last date for comments
4 June 2020
Application expires
4 June 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
10 Queens Drive, Prenton, Wirral, CH43 0RP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 April 2020
Advertisement expiry
30 July 2020
Site notice start
28 April 2020
Site notice end
30 July 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08589180
Documents
10
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Mountwood Conservation Area
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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

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.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    26 Jan

    Discharge of condition 3 (Proposed Tree Planting) of application APPH/24/01616

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDIS/26/00113
  2. 2024
    21 May

    Application to vary conditions 2 (Approved plans), 3 (Tree protection measure), 4 (Arboricultural Method…

    WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)RVC/24/00707
  3. 2024
    8 May

    To demolish the existing rear double garage and replace a with new rear double garage, a garden room at…

    RefusedNon-material amendmentNMA/24/00617
  4. 2023
    9 Jan

    To demolish the existing rear double garage and replace a with new rear double garage, a garden room at…

    RefusedHouseholderAPPH/23/00028
  5. 2020
    13 Nov

    Demolition of existing double garage and its replacement with a two-storey double garage. Incorporating a…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionAPP/20/01673

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