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Kingsmead Swimming Pool Carlton Lane, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 0LL

APP/25/00915Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 5 October 2026

Council decision: Conditional Approval

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

Proposal

Change of use of the building and land from a former Kingsmead Private School swimming pool, annexe buildings and teaching rooms (Use Class F1) to a new leisure and wellness facility with a mixed use and cafe space, Class F2 and Class E (retrospective application).

Received
9 June 2025
Ward
Hoylake and Meols
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.17 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Oct

Decided in 483 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Kingsmead Swimming Pool Carlton Lane, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 0LL. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 483 days, 61 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 0LL
Application type
Full Planning Permission

Planning application dates

Validated
9 June 2025
Consultation expiry
17 July 2025
Consultation end
17 July 2025

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
    18 Jul

    Following an application to Change of use of the building and land from a former Kingsmead Private School…

    PendingFull Planning PermissionRelatedAPP/25/01131
  2. 2025
    9 Jun

    Change of use of the building and land from a former Kingsmead Private School swimming pool, annexe buildings…

    This applicationApprovedFullAPP/25/00915

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