CARNSDALE FARM Barnston Road, Barnston, Wirral, CH61 1BN Data via plota.co.uk

APP/26/00514 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Change of Use - Conversion of part of the Farmhouse from Residential to Offices (Class E - Commercial, Business and Service) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Apr 2026
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Validated
1 May 2026
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Approved
23 Jun 2026

Approved on 23 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 21

Statements & assessments 2

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PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Application Submission Details - Public · 30 Apr 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 16

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PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show OneApp Attachments - Public · 8 Apr 2026 View ↗
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PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Superseded Plans - Public · 8 Apr 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show OneApp Attachments - Public · 8 Apr 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show OneApp Attachments - Public · 8 Apr 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show OneApp Attachments - Public · 8 Apr 2026 View ↗
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Other documents 1

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Site constraints 3

Also on the record
Inside the Heswall built-up area; Green belt about 23 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Wirral
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
CH61 1BN
Received
8 Apr 2026
Validated
1 May 2026
Ward
Pensby and Thingwall
Case officer
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Target decision
26 Jun 2026
Decision
Conditional Approval
Decision date
23 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Wattle and Daub Architects Ltd.

How this decision compares

Decided in 53 days from validation, 12 days faster than Wirral's median of 65 for changes of use. Approved, as 83% of changes of use here are.

48%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
129decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Wirral in the last twelve months, from validation. Wirral decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
29 May 2026
Statutory expiry
26 Jun 2026
Wirral
Planning Authority Score
3.3/10
Poor
#227 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Wirral is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #200 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (90%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Wirral decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #164 of 296
90%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #198 of 296
57%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #200 of 296
45%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #197 of 296
62%
Minor dwellings approved
47 decided (1-9 homes)
86%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
77%
Change of use approved
61 decided
909
Total decisions
112 refused in the year to March 2026