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Thornton, 70 Sandy Lane, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 3JA

APP/21/02165Full Planning PermissionRefused
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Refused on 12 October 2022

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

(Amended to remove loft conversion works) ADDITION OF A FIRST FLOOR TO EXISTING DETACHED GARAGE TO FACILITATE ITS CONVERSION TO A GRANNY ANNEXE

Received
12 November 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
West Kirby and Thurstaston
Agent
Bryson Architecture
  1. Received12 Nov
  2. Validated25 Jan
  3. Consult.2 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Oct

Decided in 260 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at Thornton, 70 Sandy Lane, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 3JA. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 334 days, 40 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 3JA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 January 2022
Consultation expiry
2 November 2022
Consultation start
28 January 2022
Consultation end
2 November 2022
Neighbour consultation start
27 January 2022
Neighbour consultation end
2 March 2022
Last date for comments
22 March 2022
Application expires
28 October 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bryson Architecture
Agent address
30 Hamilton Street, Birkenhead, CH41 5AD

Planning decision

Statutory period
276 days

Publicity

Last advertised
31 January 2022
Advertisement expiry
2 March 2022
Site notice start
28 January 2022
Site notice end
2 March 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10380338
Documents
12
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West Kirby Conservation AreaNext to the site
  • 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.

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