Arrowe Park Hospital Arrowe Park Road, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 5PE Data via plota.co.uk

APP/26/01386 - Full Planning Permission Pending Consideration

Proposal

Construction of a new single-storey healthcare extension within a courtyard of the main 4-storey hospital block, to replace the existing prefabricated modular single-storey building with new cladding and external alterations Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Sept 2026
✓
Validated
19 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 14 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 15 Dec 2026 and 27 Jan 2027, from Wirral's recent community buildings.

Comments are open until 14 Nov 2026

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Documents 18

Statements & assessments 7

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Plans & drawings 8

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Other documents 3

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Site constraints 3

Green belt: Merseyside and Greater Manchester
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Also on the record
National infrastructure project 709 m away: Mersey Tidal Power Project, at pre-application; Inside the Birkenhead built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 24 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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
CH49 5PE
Received
23 Sept 2026
Validated
19 Oct 2026
Ward
Pensby and Thingwall
Case officer
Show
Target decision
14 Dec 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
MDG

Decision outlook

Day 9 of the 56-day target. Wirral usually decides community buildings by day 68.

Day 959 days to the predicted decision (day 68)
37%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
56decided in the last year

Plota live figures for community buildings decided by Wirral in the last twelve months, from validation. Wirral decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
14 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry
14 Dec 2026
Wirral
Planning Authority Score
3.3/10
Poor
#227 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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