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Rainbow Designer Childrens Clothing, 48 Grange Road West, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 4DA

COMX/20/01141Prior Approval Commercial PDApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 October 2020

Council decision: Prior Approval GivenDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from retail to restaurant- minor internal adaptions, including the installation of a new extract hood and external flue to be installed.

Received
14 August 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Birkenhead & Tranmere
Agent
SDL Architecture Ltd
  1. Received14 Aug
  2. Validated1 Sep
  3. Consult.13 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Rainbow Designer Childrens Clothing, 48 Grange Road West, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 4DA. Wirral has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Wirral's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Birkenhead & Tranmere. We hold 347 applications in total for the CH41 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
CH41 4DA
Application type
Prior Approval Commercial PD
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 September 2020
Consultation expiry
13 October 2020
Consultation start
18 September 2020
Consultation end
13 October 2020
Neighbour consultation start
18 September 2020
Neighbour consultation end
13 October 2020
Last date for comments
27 October 2020
Application expires
27 October 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
SDL Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
SDL ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
3 Overton Close, Oxton, Wirral, CH43 2LG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
13 October 2020
Site notice end
13 October 2020

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
5

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.

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