28 Birch Road, Meols, Wirral, CH47 9RH
Refused on 29 May 2020
Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of a single storey rear extension that would extend 4.10 metres beyond the original rear wall and for which the maximum height would be 3.85 metres and the height of the eaves would be 2.40 metres high.
- Received
- 16 March 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Ward
- Hoylake and Meols
- ReceivedReceived16 Mar
- ValidatedValidated22 Apr
- Consult.Consultation17 May
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided29 May
Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 28 Birch Road, Meols, Wirral, CH47 9RH. Wirral has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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 9RH
- Application type
- Prior Approval Householder (Rear Extension)
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 April 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 17 May 2020
- Consultation start
- 22 April 2020
- Consultation end
- 17 May 2020
- Neighbour consultation start
- 22 April 2020
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 May 2020
- Last date for comments
- 2 June 2020
- Application expires
- 2 June 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 6 Vaughan Close, Formby, Liverpool, L37 1XZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 17 May 2020
- Site notice end
- 17 May 2020
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202217 Mar
Alterations to proposed rear extension (previous application was submitted and approved under the prior…
RefusedFull Planning PermissionAPP/22/00476 - 20202 Oct
Erection of a single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by…
ApprovedHouseholderRESX/20/01412
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