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Birkenhead School, 58 Beresford Road, Oxton, Prenton, Wirral, CH43 2JD

APP/21/01552Full Planning PermissionDecided
Full

Decided on 26 July 2022

Council decision: Non-determination

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of an extension to the existing Sports Hall and associated infrastructure and landscaping

Received
20 July 2021
Public comments
42
Ward
Claughton
  1. Received20 Jul
  2. Validated20 Jul
  3. Consult.13 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Jul

Decided in 371 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Birkenhead School, 58 Beresford Road, Oxton, Prenton, Wirral, CH43 2JD. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Claughton. We hold 1,327 applications in total for the CH43 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
CH43 2JD
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 July 2021
Consultation expiry
13 October 2021
Consultation start
17 March 2022
Consultation end
13 October 2021
Neighbour consultation start
17 March 2022
Neighbour consultation end
13 October 2021
Last date for comments
19 October 2021
Application expires
1 December 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lambert Smith Hampton
Agent address
Lambert Smith Hampton, 3 Hardman Street, MANCHESTER, M3 3HF

Planning decision

Statutory period
134 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 September 2021
Advertisement expiry
13 October 2021
Site notice end
13 October 2021

Appeal

Appeal reference
3291438
Appeal status
Appeal Allowed
Appeal result
Allowed
Appeal decision date
26 July 2022

Appeal history

3291438
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 26 July 2022Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Failure

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09271486
Documents
35
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Roman Catholic Church of Holy Name of JesusOn or next to this site
  • 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

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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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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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