The Lyndale School Lyndale Avenue, Eastham, Wirral, CH62 8DE

DEM/17/01437Prior Notification of DemolitionApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 5 April 2018

Council decision: Prior Approval GivenDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

The building is an old school building that is now disused and is of steel frame with a brick and block cavity external wall construction. Single story with insulated flat roof areas. All external tarmacadam, paving and concrete paths and car park areas will be removed. The building is not required as a council asset and is now classed as a council saving in demolishing the structure. If the building is left it will fall into disrepair which will be a safety issue to the surrounding buildings The building will be demolished using traditional methods (360 excavator) however, the demolition contractor will provide a full Health and Safety Plan including Risk Assessments and method statements regarding the safe demolition of the building Possible future development but not known at this time. The site will be layed with a top soil for the interim.

Received: 14 November 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Eastham

ReceivedReceived14 Nov
ValidatedValidated15 Mar
Consult.Consultation3 Apr
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided5 Apr

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at The Lyndale School Lyndale Avenue, Eastham, Wirral, CH62 8DE. Wirral has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 142 days, 12 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Eastham. We hold 1,310 applications in total for the CH62 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: CH62 8DE
Application type: Prior Notification of Demolition
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 March 2018
Consultation expiry: 3 April 2018
Consultation start: 3 April 2018
Consultation end: 3 April 2018
Neighbour consultation end: 3 April 2018
Last date for comments: 12 April 2018
Application expires: 12 April 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 3 April 2018
Site notice end: 3 April 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-06525188
Documents: 10
Constraints: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Brownfield land register: The Lyndale School, Lyndale Avenue, Eastham, CH62 8DERegister site at or near this address · +1 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 and heritage coasts.

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