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Biffa, Bromborough Dock Landfill Site Dock Road South, Bromborough, Wirral, CH62 4SF

SPVX/15/01260Prior Approval Solar PV roof non-domesticApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 10 November 2015

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

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

Proposal

Notification for prior approval for the installation, alteration or replacement of other Solar photovotaics (PV) equipment on the roofs of non-domestic buildings, up to a capacity of 1 megawatt, subject to certain limitations

Received
15 September 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bromborough
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.14 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Biffa, Bromborough Dock Landfill Site Dock Road South, Bromborough, Wirral, CH62 4SF. Wirral has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Bromborough. We hold 1,310 applications in total for the CH62 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
CH62 4SF
Application type
Prior Approval Solar PV roof non-domestic
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2015
Consultation expiry
14 October 2015
Consultation end
14 October 2015
Neighbour consultation start
23 September 2015
Neighbour consultation end
14 October 2015
Decision issued
11 November 2015
Application expires
10 November 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Harvest Renewables, Limefield House, Limefield Brow, Bury, BL6 9QS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
14 October 2015
Site notice end
14 October 2015

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 2: Medium 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

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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.

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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