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Hoylake Library Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 5AA

APP/24/00488Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved

Council decision: Conditional Approval

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

Proposal

Change of use from former library (Use Class F1) to gymnasium (Use Class E), external alterations to rear, removal of car park barrier and erection of timber gates and fence.

Received
9 April 2024
Ward
Hoylake and Meols
  1. Received9 Apr
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.7 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Hoylake Library Market Street , Hoylake , Wirral, CH47 5AA. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 April 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Hoylake and Meols. We hold 637 applications in total for the CH47 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
CH47 5AA
Application type
Full Planning Permission

Planning application dates

Validated
9 April 2024
Consultation expiry
7 July 2024
Consultation end
7 July 2024

Planning decision

Decision
Conditional Approval

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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
    4 Mar

    To vary condition 2 attached to planning permission APP/24/00488

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)RVC/25/00363
  2. 2024
    9 Apr

    Change of use from former library (Use Class F1) to gymnasium (Use Class E), external alterations to rear…

    This applicationApprovedFullAPP/24/00488

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