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Witch Wood Mere Lane, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 6RR

OUT/20/00967Outline Planning PermissionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved

Council decision: ApprovePlanning committee

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

Proposal

Outline application with all matters reserved for the demolition of the existing dwelling and the erection of a detached building containing 7 self-contained apartments with a detached bin/cycle store and on-site car parking.

Received
16 July 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
191
Ward
Heswall
  1. Received16 Jul
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.23 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Witch Wood Mere Lane, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 6RR. Wirral has handled 961 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 16 July 2020 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Heswall. We hold 363 applications in total for the CH60 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
CH60 6RR
Application type
Outline Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2020
Consultation expiry
23 November 2020
Consultation start
29 October 2020
Consultation end
23 November 2020
Neighbour consultation start
29 October 2020
Neighbour consultation end
23 November 2020
Last date for comments
18 December 2020
Committee meeting
17 March 2022
Application expires
18 December 2020

Planning decision

Decision
Approve
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
23 November 2020
Site notice end
23 November 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08892489
Documents
17
Constraints
2

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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    3 Apr

    Discharge of Conditions 5 (Highway Access), 11 (CEMP) and 17 (CMP) of planning permission APP/23/00776

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDIS/25/00571
  2. 2025
    6 Mar

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Materials) of planning permission APP/23/00776

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDIS/25/00370
  3. 2024
    16 Dec

    Discharge of Conditions 14 (Bird and Bat Boxes) and 16 (SUDS Design) of planning permission APP/23/00776

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDIS/24/01833
  4. 2023
    17 May

    Erection of 8 self contained apartments with associated access car parking and landscaping.

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionAPP/23/00776
  5. 2022
    5 Oct

    Reserved matters application for the erection for the erection of 7 self contained apartments with parking…

    ApprovedReserved mattersDLS/22/01709
  6. 2016
    9 Mar

    The application proposes outline planning consent for the demolition of the existing dwelling and the…

    PendingOutline Planning PermissionOUT/16/00347

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