Meols Station, Station Approach, Meols, Wirral, Ch47 9ra

STAT/18/00847Prior Approval Statutory Undertaker WorksApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 8 August 2018

Council decision: Prior Approval GivenDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Network rail is working with Merseyrail in preparing to undertake access improvement works at Meols Station, comprising of the installation of new lifts to provide step-free access to, and between the platforms.

Received: 5 March 2018
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Hoylake and Meols

ReceivedReceived5 Mar
ValidatedValidated20 Jun
Consult.Consultation1 Aug
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided8 Aug

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Meols Station, Station Approach, Meols, Wirral, Ch47 9ra,. Wirral has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 156 days, 14 weeks longer than Wirral's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 9RA
Application type: Prior Approval Statutory Undertaker Works
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 June 2018
Consultation expiry: 1 August 2018
Consultation start: 4 July 2018
Consultation end: 1 August 2018
Neighbour consultation end: 1 August 2018
Last date for comments: 15 August 2018
Decision issued: 9 August 2018
Application expires: 15 August 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 1 August 2018
Site notice end: 1 August 2018

Additional information

Documents: 10
Constraints: 10

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 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Green belt: Wirral

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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Source: Wirral

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