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Brean Down Thorsway, Caldy, Wirral, CH48 2JJ

LDP/22/01595Lawful Development Certificate ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 May 2023

Council decision: Lawful UseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installing solar equipment onto a domestic property

Received
6 September 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Kirby and Thurstaston
  1. Received6 Sep
  2. Validated6 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 May

Decided in 253 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Brean Down Thorsway, Caldy, Wirral, CH48 2JJ. Wirral has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 253 days, 28 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. The site is in the Caldy conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across West Kirby and Thurstaston. We hold 546 applications in total for the CH48 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
CH48 2JJ
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 September 2022
Consultation expiry
22 May 2023
Application expires
19 May 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
255 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Caldy Conservation Area
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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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