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Williamson Art Gallery Slatey Road, Oxton, Prenton, Wirral, CH43 4UE

LBC/21/01844Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 25 November 2021

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

To open up the existing original ventilation airways that provide a passive stack system that have been closed over, and replace the ventilation cowls that have also been removed with a similar design to the original versions.

Received
16 September 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Oxton
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated16 Sep
  3. Consult.24 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Nov

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Williamson Art Gallery Slatey Road, Oxton, Prenton, Wirral, CH43 4UE. Wirral has handled 310 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Oxton. 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 4UE
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 September 2021
Consultation expiry
24 November 2021
Consultation start
21 October 2021
Consultation end
24 November 2021
Neighbour consultation start
21 October 2021
Neighbour consultation end
24 November 2021
Last date for comments
11 November 2021
Application expires
11 November 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Wirral Council
Agent address
Wirral Council, Hamilton Building, Conway Street, Birkenhead, CH41 4FD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 October 2021
Advertisement expiry
24 November 2021
Site notice end
24 November 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10175850
Documents
11
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Williamson Art Gallery and MuseumOn this site · +1 more
  • Brownfield land register: Motor Services, Enfield Terrace, ClaughtonRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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