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45 Devonshire Road, Oxton, Wirral, CH43 4UP

APP/22/01987Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 14 April 2023

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of basement to one self-contained flat (one bedroom); installation of replacement window to front; installation of door, replacement door, hard surfacing for patio and wall to rear

Received
17 November 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Claughton
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated19 Feb
  3. Consult.18 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Apr

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 45 Devonshire Road, Oxton, Wirral, CH43 4UP. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 148 days, 13 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Claughton. We hold 1,326 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 4UP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 February 2023
Consultation expiry
18 March 2023
Consultation end
18 March 2023
Application expires
16 April 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2022
    17 Nov

    Change of use of basement to one self-contained flat (one bedroom); installation of replacement window to…

    This applicationRefusedFullAPP/22/01987
  2. 2022
    17 Nov

    Change of use of basement of Grade II listed building to one self-contained flat (one bedroom); installation…

    RefusedListed building consentFiled alongsideLBC/22/01988

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    7 Aug

    Proposed replacement of windows to rear of flats

    ApprovedListed building consentLBC/23/01216

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