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Leisure Centre, Woodchurch Leisure And Community Centre Carr Bridge Road, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 8EU

DEM/24/00173Prior Notification of DemolitionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved

Council decision: Prior Approval is not required

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

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed Demolition of Buildings. Woodchurch Leisure Centre is a traditionally built leisure centre and youth hub with sports hall, swimming pools, gymnasium, work out rooms and first floor youth hub. There is a viewing balcony to the rear of the building that overlooks the football pitched. There are double glazed windows, cavity and solid brick wall construction with concrete flat roofs and concrete ground floor.

Received
12 February 2024
Ward
Upton
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.16 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Leisure Centre, Woodchurch Leisure And Community Centre Carr Bridge Road, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 8EU. Wirral has handled 961 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 12 February 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Upton. We hold 831 applications in total for the CH49 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
CH49 8EU
Application type
Prior Notification of Demolition

Planning application dates

Validated
12 February 2024
Consultation expiry
16 March 2024
Consultation end
16 March 2024

Planning decision

Decision
Prior Approval is not required

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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