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1 Alpha Drive, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 1PH

LDP/25/01180Lawful Development Certificate ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved

Council decision: Lawful Use

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

Proposal

Change of use of C3 dwelling to Class C4 small HMO - between 3 and 6 unrelated individuals living together, sharing facilities

Received
30 July 2025
Ward
Rock Ferry
  1. Received30 Jul
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.6 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 1 Alpha Drive, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 1PH. Wirral has handled 961 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 30 July 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Rock Ferry. We hold 297 applications in total for the CH42 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
CH42 1PH
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed

Planning application dates

Validated
30 July 2025
Consultation expiry
6 September 2025
Consultation end
6 September 2025

Planning decision

Decision
Lawful Use

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.

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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