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Three Birches, 3 Mountwood Road, Prenton, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 8NQ

APP/23/00578Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved

Council decision: Conditional ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

(AMENDED DRAWINGS) Proposed demolition of existing bungalow and garage in a conservation area and the construction of a new 2 storey house and garage essentially over the existing footprint.. New Gate posts, Gates & Fencing to Mountwood Road plus alterations to the existing vehicular access

Received
17 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Prenton
  1. Received17 Apr
  2. Validated19 Jun
  3. Consult.8 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Three Birches, 3 Mountwood Road, Prenton, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 8NQ. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 17 April 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Mountwood conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 8NQ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 June 2023
Consultation expiry
8 December 2023
Consultation end
8 December 2023
Application expires
11 September 2023

Planning decision

Decision
Conditional Approval
Statutory period
84 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
26 July 2023

Additional information

Documents
19

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: Mountwood 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.

Source: Wirral

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