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53a Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 2BQ

LDP/23/00519Lawful Development Certificate ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 June 2023

Council decision: Lawful UseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3(a) to house in multiple occupation (Class C4)

Received
5 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hoylake and Meols
  1. Received5 Apr
  2. Validated5 Apr
  3. Consult.8 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Jun

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 53a Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 2BQ. Wirral has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Hoylake and Meols. We hold 637 applications in total for the CH47 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
CH47 2BQ
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 April 2023
Consultation expiry
8 June 2023
Consultation end
8 June 2023
Application expires
31 May 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Brownfield land register: Ducklings Day Nursery, Wood Street, Hoylake, CH47 2DURegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    11 Jul

    Single storey rear extension; alteration

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionAPP/23/01065

Source: Wirral

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