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Land East Of Glenwood Drive, Irby, CH63 1JD

OUT/22/00946Outline Planning PermissionRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 28 October 2022

Council decision: RefusePlanning committee

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

Proposal

Outline Planning Application for residential development for up to 290 dwellings (Use Class C3), including 30% affordable housing and 10% self-build / custom build properties; delivery of part of the Borough’s cycle supergreenway; green infrastructure including sports pitches, play areas and parkland, wildlife habitats and green corridors; and off-site highway, environmental, biodiversity and accessibility enhancements (Outline application with all matters reserved except for access).

Received
30 May 2022
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Pensby and Thingwall
  1. Received30 May
  2. Validated1 Jun
  3. Consult.23 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Oct

Decided in 149 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at . Land East Of Glenwood Drive, Irby, CH63 1JD. Wirral has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 151 days, 14 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. The site is in the Thornton Hough conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Pensby and Thingwall. We hold 369 applications in total for the CH63 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
CH63 1JD
Application type
Outline Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
290

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 June 2022
Consultation expiry
23 March 2023
Consultation end
23 March 2023
Committee meeting
27 October 2022
Application expires
28 October 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
149 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
10 August 2022

Appeal history

3313729
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: InquiryDecision: 13 September 2023Dev Type: Major dwellingsReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

Documents
134

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: Thornton Hough Conservation Area
  • Green belt: Wirral
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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