The Poplars Gills Lane, Barnston, Wirral, CH61 1AH
Approved on 4 February 2022
Council decision: Scoping replyDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Screeing Opinion and Scoping Request (Residential Development)
- Received
- 16 December 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 504
- Ward
- Pensby and Thingwall
- ReceivedReceived16 Dec
- ValidatedValidated16 Dec
- Consult.Consultation29 Jan
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided4 Feb
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at The Poplars Gills Lane, Barnston, Wirral, CH61 1AH. Wirral has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Wirral's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 49 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 1AH
- Application type
- Screening for EIA
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 December 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 29 January 2022
- Consultation start
- 4 January 2022
- Consultation end
- 29 January 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 29 January 2022
- Last date for comments
- 13 January 2022
- Application expires
- 13 January 2022
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 4 January 2022
- Advertisement expiry
- 29 January 2022
- Site notice end
- 29 January 2022
Additional information
- Documents
- 2
- Constraints
- 10
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: Wirral
- 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, 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.
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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.
© 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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