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

APP/22/02136Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 18 August 2023

Council decision: Conditional ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

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

Received
12 December 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Claughton
  1. Received12 Dec
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.4 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Aug

Decided in 176 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension 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 249 days, 28 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. The site is in the Birkenhead Park conservation area. 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
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2023
Consultation expiry
4 April 2023
Consultation end
4 April 2023
Application expires
21 August 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
179 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
4 April 2023

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Birkenhead Park Conservation Area
  • 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.

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. 2025
    14 Mar

    Variation of condition 3 of APP/22/02136

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)RVC/25/00429
  2. 2022
    12 Dec

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

    This applicationApprovedFullAPP/22/02136

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    6 Feb

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

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)RVC/25/00200
  2. 2025
    7 Jan

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

    RefusedNon-material amendmentNMA/25/00011
  3. 2024
    27 Mar

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Materials)

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDIS/24/00424
  4. 2021
    15 Oct

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

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)APP/21/02011
  5. 2021
    22 Sep

    Continued retention of storage container to rear of club.

    RefusedFull Planning PermissionAPP/21/01871
  6. 2020
    11 Dec

    Conversion of existing dilapidated redundant squash court building to form proposed multi function space and…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionAPP/20/01905

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