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20 Rycroft Road, Meols, Wirral, CH47 9RQ

RESX/19/00082Prior Approval Householder (Rear Extension)Approved
Householder

Approved on 22 February 2019

Council decision: Prior Approval is not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 5m for which the maximum height would be 3.300m and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.400m

Received
23 January 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Hoylake and Meols
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.18 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Feb

Decided in 30 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 20 Rycroft Road, Meols, Wirral, CH47 9RQ. Wirral has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 weeks quicker than Wirral's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Hoylake and Meols. We hold 637 applications in total for the CH47 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
CH47 9RQ
Application type
Prior Approval Householder (Rear Extension)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2019
Consultation expiry
18 February 2019
Consultation start
28 January 2019
Consultation end
18 February 2019
Neighbour consultation start
28 January 2019
Neighbour consultation end
18 February 2019
Last date for comments
5 March 2019
Application expires
5 March 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
18 February 2019
Site notice end
18 February 2019

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Green belt: WirralNext to the site
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

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© 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.

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Source: Wirral

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