Great Western Social Club, 8 Park Road West, Claughton, Wirral, Ch43 1ur
Refused on 19 October 2001
Council decision: RefusePlanning committee
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Proposal
Demolition of building
- Received
- 13 August 2001
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Ward
- Claughton
- ReceivedReceived13 Aug
- ValidatedValidated5 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided19 Oct
Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application for demolition at Great Western Social Club, 8 Park Road West, Claughton, Wirral, Ch43 1ur,. Wirral has handled 310 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Wirral's typical decision time. The site is in the Birkenhead Park conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Claughton. We hold 1,326 applications in total for the CH43 postcode area.
93% of heritage 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
- CH43 1UR
- Application type
- Conservation Area Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 September 2001
- Committee meeting
- 18 October 2001
- Application expires
- 30 October 2001
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Birkenhead Park Conservation Area
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref WR0019Covers the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20058 Aug
Demolition of a social club and erection of 20 apartments
ApprovedConservation Area ConsentCON/05/06847 - 20055 Jul
Erection of 20 apartments
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionAPP/05/06546 - 200210 May
Erection of a 3 storey building for 12 self contained flats
WithdrawnFull Planning PermissionAPP/02/05976 - 200210 May
Demolition of building
WithdrawnConservation Area ConsentCON/02/05987
Source: Wirral
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- Great Western Social Club, 8 Park Road West, Claughton, Wirral, Ch43 1ur,APP/02/05976 · FullWithdrawn0.0 mi
- Great Western Social Club, 8 Park Road West, Claughton, Wirral, Ch43 1ur,CON/02/05987 · HeritageWithdrawn0.0 mi
- Great Western Social Club, 8 Park Road West, Claughton, Wirral, CH43 1URAPP/05/06546 · FullApproved0.0 mi
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