Jackson Fountain Memorial Park Drive, Birkenhead, Ch43 4ts, Wirral, CH43 4TS Data via plota.co.uk

LBC/26/01252 - Listed Building Consent Pending Consideration

Proposal

To carry out emergency repair works and restore the Grade II Listed Jackson Fountain Memorial. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
28 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
15 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 10 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 9 Nov 2026 and 2 Dec 2026, from Wirral's recent listed building works.

Comments are open until 8 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Documents 5

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show OneApp Attachments - Public · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 3

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Revised Drawing - Public · 16 Sept 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Revised Drawing - Public · 16 Sept 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show OneApp Attachments - Public · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show OneApp Attachments - Public · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

8 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Cricket Pavilion, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 8 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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.
Show all 8 with distances
Historic England ↗
Registered park or garden: Birkenhead Park
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Birkenhead Park 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.
Council document ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project: Mersey Tidal Power Project, at pre-application; Inside the Birkenhead built-up area; Priority habitat about 21 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, 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.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Wirral - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Council
Wirral
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
CH43 4TS
Received
28 Aug 2026
Validated
15 Sept 2026
Ward
Claughton
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Ainsley Gommon Architects

Decision outlook

Day 24 of the 56-day target. Wirral usually decides listed building works by day 60.

Day 2436 days to the predicted decision (day 60)
50%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
30decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
8 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
10 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