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Village Newsagent, 84 Eastham Village Road, Eastham, Wirral, CH62 0AW

LDP/23/00942Lawful Development Certificate ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved

Council decision: Lawful UseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change the use of the property from a Village Newsagents / Store (use Class E) to a Veterinary Practice (Use Class E). Upstairs was previously used for residential purposes. Downstairs was the store / Newsagents. Propose to convert the downstairs to a small animal Veterinary practice - whilst upstairs will be offices / storage areas. No external building work is required.

Received
21 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Eastham
  1. Received21 Jun
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.31 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is an outline application at Village Newsagent, 84 Eastham Village Road, Eastham, Wirral, CH62 0AW. Wirral has handled 961 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 21 June 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Eastham Village conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Eastham. We hold 1,311 applications in total for the CH62 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
CH62 0AW
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2023
Consultation expiry
31 August 2023
Consultation end
31 August 2023
Application expires
21 September 2023

Planning decision

Decision
Lawful Use
Statutory period
56 days

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: Eastham Village Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 93, Eastham Village RoadOn or next to this site
  • Green belt: Wirral
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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