122 Ridgewood Drive, Pensby, Wirral, CH61 8SF

LDP/23/00522Lawful Development Certificate ProposedRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused

Council decision: Not Lawful UseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

The proposal is to use part of the existing driveway to house a 12 x 6’6 trailer (which has been converted) as a dog grooming business Tuesday to Saturday 08:30am to 5:30pm for maximum 25 dogs a week

Received: 5 April 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Pensby and Thingwall

ReceivedReceived5 Apr
ValidatedValidated5 Jul
Consult.Consultation28 Jul
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

About this application

This is an outline application at 122 Ridgewood Drive, Pensby, Wirral, CH61 8SF. Wirral has handled 961 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 5 April 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Pensby and Thingwall. We hold 1,500 applications in total for the CH61 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: CH61 8SF
Application type: Lawful Development Certificate Proposed
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 5 July 2023
Consultation expiry: 28 July 2023
Consultation end: 28 July 2023
Application expires: 30 August 2023

Planning decision

Decision: Not Lawful Use
Statutory period: 56 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.

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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