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Gorsehill Water Tower And Service Reservoir Goresehill Road, New Brighton, Wirral, CH45 9JB

LBC/26/00032Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved

Council decision: Conditional Approval

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

Proposal

Repair/restoration and security works to existing Pumping Station building in the curtilage of Gorsehill Water Tower Listed Building. Works include: - Secure free-standing external wall into the main building; - Repair internal and external roof structure; - Restore damaged stepped brickwork to rear of building using locally sourced matching brick; - Install new security door within the existing opening; - Carry out full repointing of the building using a lime mortar; - Repair and restore damaged windows and grilles; - Replace existing cast iron rainwater goods to previous extent and specification

Received
9 January 2026
Ward
New Brighton
  1. Received9 Jan
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.11 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at Gorsehill Water Tower And Service Reservoir Goresehill Road, New Brighton , Wirral, CH45 9JB. Wirral has handled 310 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across New Brighton. We hold 910 applications in total for the CH45 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
CH45 9JB
Application type
Listed Building Consent

Planning application dates

Validated
9 January 2026
Consultation expiry
11 March 2026
Consultation end
11 March 2026

Planning decision

Decision
Conditional Approval

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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