132a Craven Street, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 4BS

LDP/22/01340Lawful Development Certificate ProposedRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 19 May 2023

Council decision: Not Lawful UseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from one-bedroom to two-bedroom dwellinghouse (Class C3); Construction of single storey extension to rear; installation of window to outbuilding

Received: 1 August 2022
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Birkenhead & Tranmere

ReceivedReceived1 Aug
ValidatedValidated1 Aug
Consult.Consultation26 Oct
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided19 May

Decided in 291 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an outbuilding at 132a Craven Street, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 4BS. Wirral has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 291 days, 34 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Birkenhead & Tranmere. We hold 347 applications in total for the CH41 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: CH41 4BS
Application type: Lawful Development Certificate Proposed
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 August 2022
Consultation expiry: 26 October 2022
Consultation end: 26 October 2022
Application expires: 4 November 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period: 95 days

Additional information

Documents: 8

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.

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Source: Wirral

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