PADDOCK Croft Drive, Caldy, Wirral, CH48 2JN Data via plota.co.uk

APP/25/00572 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Construction of two detached dwelling houses (one with detached garage), new accesses onto Croft Drive, hardstanding, landscaping and ancillary works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Apr 2025
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Validated
20 May 2025
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Approved
20 Feb 2026

Approved on 20 Feb 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 29

Statements & assessments 2

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Plans & drawings 20

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Other documents 5

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Site constraints 7

Caldy Conservation Area conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
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Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Special area of conservation about 317 m away: Dee Estuary
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
SSSI about 317 m away: Dee Estuary SSSI; Tree preservation order about 19 m away: Wirral Borough Council WR0429; Inside the Caldy built-up area; Priority habitat about 34 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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
CH48 2JN
Received
3 Apr 2025
Validated
20 May 2025
Ward
West Kirby and Thurstaston
Case officer
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Target decision
15 Jul 2025
Decision
Conditional Approval
Decision date
20 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
SHACK Architecture ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 276 days from validation, 114 days slower than Wirral's median of 162 for new homes. Approved, as 67% of new homes here are.

31%decided within 8 weeks
67%approved
99decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
15 Jul 2025
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