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56 Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 3BB

RETX/25/00704Prior Approval Retail to residential PDApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved

Council decision: Prior Approval Given

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

Proposal

Change of use of first and second floors to 2no. flats with ground floor to remain in commercial use

Received
29 April 2025
Ward
Hoylake and Meols
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.12 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 56 Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 3BB. Wirral has handled 961 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 29 April 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 3BB
Application type
Prior Approval Retail to residential PD

Planning application dates

Validated
29 April 2025
Consultation expiry
12 June 2025
Consultation end
12 June 2025

Planning decision

Decision
Prior Approval Given

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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