Lever House, UNILEVER UK Wood Street, Port Sunlight, Wirral, CH62 4XN Data via plota.co.uk

LBC/26/01176 - Listed Building Consent Pending Decision

Proposal

Internal amendments to change office space into a gym, refurbish WCs and upgrade partitions to protected stairwell to meet modern fire regulations Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
7 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 2 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 1 Nov 2026 and 18 Nov 2026, from Wirral's recent changes of use.

The consultation period closed on 29 Sept 2026.

Documents 7

Plans & drawings 4

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Other documents 3

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Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: Lever House
List entry 1116133 · The pin is inside its outline · 15 more listed buildings within 150 m (15 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Also on the record
Conservation area 25 m away: Port Sunlight Conservation Area; Registered park or garden 139 m away: The Dell, the Diamond and the Causeway, Port Sunlight; National infrastructure project: Mersey Tidal Power Project, at pre-application; Inside the Bebington built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
CH62 4XN
Received
12 Aug 2026
Validated
7 Sept 2026
Ward
Bromborough
Case officer
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Target decision
2 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
SDA Architecture Limited

Decision outlook

Day 53 of the 56-day target. Wirral usually decides changes of use by day 56.

Day 533 days to the 56-day target
52%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
149decided 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 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
2 Nov 2026
Wirral
Planning Authority Score
3.3/10
Poor
#227 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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