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Unit 5 Vacant Shop, 360 Woodchurch Road, Prenton, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 8PG

APP/20/00437Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 15 October 2020

Council decision: ApprovePlanning committee

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing commercial buildings and erection of a food store (Use Class A1), car park, access and landscaping.

Received
19 March 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
232
Ward
Oxton
  1. Received19 Mar
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Oct

Decided in 210 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Unit 5 Vacant Shop, 360 Woodchurch Road, Prenton, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 8PG. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 210 days, 22 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 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 8PG
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 March 2020
Consultation expiry
20 May 2020
Consultation start
16 April 2020
Consultation end
20 May 2020
Neighbour consultation start
16 April 2020
Neighbour consultation end
20 May 2020
Last date for comments
18 June 2020
Committee meeting
15 October 2020
Application expires
18 June 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
JLL
Agent address
One Picacadilly Gardens, Manchester, M1 1RG

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 April 2020
Advertisement expiry
20 May 2020
Site notice end
20 May 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08519172
Documents
29
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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

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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