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Arrowe Studios, Ceramics Unit M-n, Champions Business Park Arrowe Brook Road, Upton, Wirral, CH49 0AB

APP/20/01052Full Planning PermissionWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 16 September 2020

Planning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use from Use Class B1(b) (ceramics and photographic studio) to Use Class D2 (children's artistic gymnastics club)

Received
3 August 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
22
Ward
Greasby, Frankby and Irby
  1. Received3 Aug
  2. Validated3 Aug
  3. Consult.16 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Sep

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Arrowe Studios, Ceramics Unit M-n, Champions Business Park Arrowe Brook Road, Upton, Wirral, CH49 0AB. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 44 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Greasby, Frankby and Irby. We hold 831 applications in total for the CH49 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
CH49 0AB
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 August 2020
Consultation expiry
16 September 2020
Consultation start
19 August 2020
Consultation end
16 September 2020
Neighbour consultation start
19 August 2020
Neighbour consultation end
16 September 2020
Last date for comments
28 September 2020
Decision issued
17 September 2020
Application expires
28 September 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Philip Barton MCD BA(Hons) MRTPI
Agent address
1 Lorn Court, Lorn Street, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 6SA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
16 September 2020
Site notice end
16 September 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08947074
Documents
9
Constraints
2

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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