Land Named Pool Inn Poulton Bridge Road, Wallasey, Wirral, CH44 5SN

OUT/23/00703Outline Planning PermissionRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Construction of a building consisting of 15No one and two bedroomed self contained apartments with car parking, cycles, refuge and amenity space

Received: 28 April 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Seacombe

ReceivedReceived28 Apr
ValidatedValidated30 May
Consult.Consultation14 Feb
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

About this application

This is an outline application at Land Named Pool Inn Poulton Bridge Road, Wallasey, Wirral, CH44 5SN. Wirral has handled 961 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 28 April 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Seacombe. We hold 414 applications in total for the CH44 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: CH44 5SN
Application type: Outline Planning Permission
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 May 2023
Consultation expiry: 14 February 2024
Consultation end: 14 February 2024
Application expires: 29 August 2023

Planning decision

Decision: Refuse
Statutory period: 91 days

Appeal history

3345831

Dismissed

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 11 February 2025Dev Type: Major dwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents: 17

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Brownfield land register: Former Pool Inn Public House, Poulton Rd, SeacombeRegister site at or near this address
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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© 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.

Source: Wirral

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