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55 Cecil Road, Prenton, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 9PF

APPH/22/02118HouseholderRefused

Refused on 28 April 2023

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Single storey rear/side extension, single storey rear/side infill extension, front porch and replacement front brick wall and columns.

Received
12 December 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Prenton
  1. Received12 Dec
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.15 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a side extension at 55 Cecil Road, Prenton, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 9PF. Wirral has handled 5,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 137 days, 12 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. 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 9PF
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2023
Consultation expiry
15 March 2023
Consultation end
15 March 2023
Application expires
1 May 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
74 days

Additional information

Documents
10

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.

Source: Wirral

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