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Cole Street Primary School Cole Street, Birkenhead, Prenton, Wirral, CH43 4US

NMA/21/01981Non Material AmendmentsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 15 November 2021

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Non-Material Amendment to planning permission APP/15/00701 (Internal alterations to: Reduce number of apartments in retained former Cole Street School to 33; amend the types and sizes of units within the retained former Cole Street School; Removal of two staircases and introduction of new staircase; Re-positioning of lift)

Received
8 October 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Claughton
  1. Received8 Oct
  2. Validated8 Oct
  3. Consult.5 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Nov

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Cole Street Primary School Cole Street, Birkenhead, Prenton, Wirral, CH43 4US. Wirral has handled 250 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Wirral's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Claughton. We hold 1,326 applications in total for the CH43 postcode area.

72% of amendment 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
CH43 4US
Application type
Non Material Amendments
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 October 2021
Last date for comments
5 November 2021
Application expires
5 November 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10248842
Documents
13
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Fomer Cole Street Primary School, Cole Street, BirkenheadRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2021
    10 Dec

    Change the use of the retained former Cole Street School to C3 residential, alter and extend the retained…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDIS/21/02355
  2. 2021
    8 Oct

    Non-Material Amendment to planning permission APP/15/00701

    This applicationApprovedNon-material amendmentNMA/21/01981

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