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

APP/20/01673Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 29 November 2021

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing double garage and its replacement with a two-storey double garage. Incorporating a garden room at ground floor level, and a storage/hobby room and W/C at first floor

Received
13 November 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Prenton
  1. Received13 Nov
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.15 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Nov

Decided in 291 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Gables, 16 Mountwood Road, Prenton, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 8NG. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 381 days, 46 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
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2021
Consultation expiry
15 November 2021
Consultation start
21 October 2021
Consultation end
15 November 2021
Neighbour consultation start
15 February 2021
Neighbour consultation end
15 November 2021
Last date for comments
8 April 2021
Application expires
30 November 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
292 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 February 2021
Advertisement expiry
15 November 2021
Site notice start
18 February 2021
Site notice end
15 November 2021

Additional information

Documents
13
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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.

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  2. 2020
    13 Nov

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

    This applicationApprovedFullAPP/20/01673

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