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Birkenhead Park Rugby Union Football Club, 141 Park Road North, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 8AA

APP/21/01871Full Planning PermissionRefused
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Refused on 1 September 2022

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Continued retention of storage container to rear of club.

Received
22 September 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Claughton
  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated8 Nov
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Sep

Decided in 297 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Birkenhead Park Rugby Union Football Club, 141 Park Road North, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 8AA. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 344 days, 41 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. The site is in the Birkenhead Park conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Claughton. We hold 347 applications in total for the CH41 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
CH41 8AA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 November 2021
Consultation expiry
13 March 2022
Consultation start
16 February 2022
Consultation end
13 March 2022
Neighbour consultation start
1 December 2021
Neighbour consultation end
13 March 2022
Last date for comments
3 January 2022
Application expires
3 January 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 December 2021
Advertisement expiry
13 March 2022
Site notice end
13 March 2022

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Birkenhead Park Conservation Area
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref WR0154Next to the site
  • Registered park and garden: Birkenhead ParkPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    14 Mar

    Variation of condition 3 of APP/22/02136

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)RVC/25/00429
  2. 2025
    6 Feb

    Application for variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) on planning permission (APP/21/02011

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)RVC/25/00200
  3. 2025
    7 Jan

    Non-Material Amendment to planning permission APP/21/02011

    RefusedNon-material amendmentNMA/25/00011
  4. 2024
    27 Mar

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Materials)

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDIS/24/00424
  5. 2022
    12 Dec

    Proposed Extension (& removal of Existing Container) to form Groundsman's Equipment Store

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionAPP/22/02136
  6. 2021
    15 Oct

    Application for variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) on planning permission (APP/20/01905

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)APP/21/02011

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