Shaftesbury Youth Club Mendip Road, Prenton, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 8NU
Approved on 22 July 2022
Council decision: Conditional ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Creation of a Community 3G Football Turf Pitch (FTP) (8519 sq. metres) with associated features including: > 3G football turf pitch (7420 sq. metres); > 4.5m high ball stop fencing with entrance gates to form an enclosure around FTP perimeter; > 1.2m high and 2.0m high pitch barriers with entrance gates internally within fenced FTP enclosure; > 2.6m high maintenance equipment storage container (15 sq. metres) within fenced FTP enclosure; > 15.0m high LED floodlights (6no.) around FTP perimeter; > 4.0m high LED amenity light (1no.) along pedestrian access; > Hard-standing areas for pedestrian access and circulation, portable goals storage, as well as vehicular access (1099 sq. metres). Redevelopment of existing pavilion (246 sq. metres) to provide improved welfare and changing accommodation, as well as education and supervision facilities for football activities associated with the FTP. Creation of a 1.2m maximum height grass mound (2500 sq. metres) onto the Southern playing field using recycled soils generated during the FTP construction work. Future creation of a car park (1626 sq. metres) to provide 4no. accessible car parking spaces and 78no. standard car parking spaces; connecting to an existing vehicular entrance to the Northern playing field from Borough Road.
- Received
- 12 January 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 8
- Ward
- Prenton
- ReceivedReceived12 Jan
- ValidatedValidated12 Jan
- Consult.Consultation23 Mar
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided22 Jul
Decided in 191 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Shaftesbury Youth Club Mendip Road, Prenton, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 8NU. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 191 days, 19 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. There have been 3 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 8NU
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 January 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 23 March 2022
- Consultation start
- 25 February 2022
- Consultation end
- 23 March 2022
- Neighbour consultation start
- 15 February 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 23 March 2022
- Last date for comments
- 13 April 2022
- Application expires
- 22 July 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- S&C Slatter
- Agent address
- Stephen's Yard, Enborne, Newbury, RG20 0HA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 191 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 21 February 2022
- Advertisement expiry
- 23 March 2022
- Site notice end
- 23 March 2022
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-10525579
- Documents
- 38
- Constraints
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
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Creation of a Community 3G Football Turf Pitch (FTP) (8519 sq. metres) with associated features including: >…
This applicationApprovedFullAPP/22/00071
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Wirral
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