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40 York Avenue, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 3JF

APP/21/00327Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 22 April 2021

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Knock down current double garage. Re-build double garage with a bedroom on top. Extend the front entrance further out and replace balcony with a modern glass balcony.

Received
18 February 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Kirby and Thurstaston
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated1 Mar
  3. Consult.26 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 40 York Avenue, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 3JF. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Wirral's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across West Kirby and Thurstaston. We hold 546 applications in total for the CH48 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
CH48 3JF
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 March 2021
Consultation expiry
26 March 2021
Consultation end
26 March 2021
Neighbour consultation start
1 March 2021
Neighbour consultation end
26 March 2021
Last date for comments
26 April 2021
Application expires
26 April 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
26 March 2021
Site notice end
26 March 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09538411
Comments
0
Documents
14
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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© 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.

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