6 Rock Lane East, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 1PG
Approved
Council decision: Conditional ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Retrospective change of use from C3 (6 person / 6 bedroom HMO ) to C4 (8 person / 7 bedroom HMO).
- Received
- 24 May 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Rock Ferry
- ReceivedReceived24 May
- ValidatedValidated30 Jun
- Consult.Consultation4 Aug
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 6 Rock Lane East, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 1PG. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 24 May 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Rock Park conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Rock Ferry. 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 1PG
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 June 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 4 August 2023
- Consultation end
- 4 August 2023
- Application expires
- 25 August 2023
Planning decision
- Decision
- Conditional Approval
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Rock Park Conservation Area
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage 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.
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