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Wirral

Limited recent decision data is available for Wirral, so we don't show a headline approval rate here — the figures below cover all application types on record.

Across all application types on record (2023-05-08–2026-05-04): 86.5% of 2,913 decisions approved.

3,684Total applications
2,521Approved
392Refused
131Withdrawn
0Pending
86.5%Approval rate (all types)
Check a property in Wirral
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 1,442 1,276 166
88.5%
Full Planning Application 542 425 117
78.4%
Discharge of Conditions 339 331 8
97.6%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 147 118 29
80.3%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 119 111 8
93.3%
Advertisement Consent 108 97 11
89.8%
Listed Building Consent 81 73 8
90.1%
Prior Approval Retail to residential PD 27 19 8
70.4%
Telecommunications 14 3 11
21.4%
Prior Approval Solar PV roof non-domestic 14 13 1
92.9%
Reserved Matters 11 9 2
81.8%
Prior Notification of Demolition 11 10 1
90.9%
Work for Council by Council 10 10 0
100.0%
Permission in Principle 9 4 5
44.4%
Outline Planning 8 1 7
12.5%
Prior Approval (Other) 6 2 4
33.3%
Prior Approval Agricul to residential PD 6 2 4
33.3%
Work for Council by outside body 5 5 0
100.0%
Screening for EIA 3 3 0
100.0%
Prior Approval Commercial PD 3 3 0
100.0%
Prior Approval to school/nursery PD 3 3 0
100.0%
Prior Approval Householder (Other) 2 1 1
50.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 1 0 1
0.0%
Prior Approval Temp Film Making 1 1 0
100.0%
Prior Approval Part 18 Class A 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 40 34
85.0%
2023-Q4 21 20
95.2%
2024-Q1 109 94
86.2%
2024-Q2 81 64
79.0%
2024-Q3 88 74
84.1%
2024-Q4 79 66
83.5%
2025-Q1 65 58
89.2%
2025-Q2 125 104
83.2%
2025-Q3 97 86
88.7%
2025-Q4 54 48
88.9%
2026-Q1 38 34
89.5%
2026-Q2 31 27
87.1%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Heswall 338 295 43
87.3%
West Kirby and Thurstaston 252 218 34
86.5%
Bromborough 222 211 11
95.0%
Hoylake and Meols 217 180 37
82.9%
Clatterbridge 178 157 21
88.2%
Birkenhead & Tranmere 163 142 21
87.1%
Greasby, Frankby and Irby 160 129 31
80.6%
Pensby and Thingwall 130 121 9
93.1%
Bebington 121 106 15
87.6%
Oxton 106 91 15
85.8%
Moreton West and Saughall Massie 100 85 15
85.0%
Leasowe and Moreton East 99 89 10
89.9%
Planning guides

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