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55 Ridgemere Road, Pensby, Wirral, CH61 8RR

RESX/23/00270Prior Approval Householder (Rear Extension)Approved
Householder

Approved on 15 May 2023

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

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

Proposal

Erection of a single storey rear extension which would extend 4m beyond the rear wall of the original house for which the maximum height would be 3.5m and the eaves height would be 2.1m.

Received
20 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pensby and Thingwall
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated6 Apr
  3. Consult.5 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 55 Ridgemere Road, Pensby, Wirral, CH61 8RR. Wirral has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Pensby and Thingwall. We hold 1,500 applications in total for the CH61 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
CH61 8RR
Application type
Prior Approval Householder (Rear Extension)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 April 2023
Consultation expiry
5 May 2023
Consultation end
5 May 2023
Application expires
17 May 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Documents
5

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.

Source: Wirral

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