The Hazelwell Oldfield Road, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 6SE Data via plota.co.uk

APP/26/01282 - Full Planning Permission Pending Consideration

Proposal

Application for a planning permission on a partially retrospective basis for proposed shipping container to be placed on existing hard standing, with erection of fence Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
week of 28 Sept 2026
✓
Validated
1 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 26 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 25 Nov 2026, from Wirral's recent extensions.

Comments are open until 29 Oct 2026

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Documents 9

Plans & drawings 7

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PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show OneApp Attachments - Public · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗
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Other documents 2

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Application Submission Details - Public · 6 Oct 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show OneApp Attachments - Public · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Local nature reserve about 26 m away: Heswall Dales
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.
SSSI about 26 m away: Heswall Dales SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Heswall built-up area; Tree preservation order about 21 m away: Wirral Borough Council WR0332; Priority habitat about 22 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; Open access land about 26 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 7 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
CH60 6SE
Received
week of 28 Sept 2026
Validated
1 Oct 2026
Ward
Heswall
Case officer
Show
Target decision
26 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
LAP Architects.

Decision outlook

Day 8 of the 56-day target. Wirral usually decides extensions by day 55.

Day 848 days to the 56-day target
63%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
785decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
29 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
26 Nov 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