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23 Grove Road, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 2DS

COMX/19/01108Prior Approval Commercial PDApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 25 September 2019

Council decision: Prior Approval GivenDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification for prior approval for a change of use from Shop (Use Class A1) to Restaurant and Cafe (Use Class A3)

Received
22 July 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
15
Ward
Hoylake and Meols
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.16 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 23 Grove Road, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 2DS. Wirral has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than Wirral's typical decision time. 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.

77% of outline 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 2DS
Application type
Prior Approval Commercial PD
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2019
Consultation expiry
16 August 2019
Consultation start
26 July 2019
Consultation end
16 August 2019
Neighbour consultation start
26 July 2019
Neighbour consultation end
16 August 2019
Last date for comments
16 September 2019
Application expires
27 September 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
67 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
16 August 2019
Site notice end
16 August 2019

Additional information

Documents
3
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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