Consultation Grove House

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Paul Kent
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Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council,

I would like details on the consultation process for Grove House planning permission to be used for asylum seekers.
Please include catchment area, methodology, results, dates, info on respnse to planning application, submissions from councillors.
Thank you

Yours faithfully,

Paul Kent

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InfoMgr, FinDMT,

Dear Mr Kent

 

Thank you for your enquiry regarding planning application APP/22/01848,
Grove House Hotel, details of which can be found online at this link:
[1]https://online.wirral.gov.uk/planning/in...

 

51 neighbour notification letters were sent out to properties within the
locality (Coniston Avenue, Grove Road, The Aubynes and The Willows) on 2nd
December 2022. The application was also advertised in the press on 5th
December 2022 and internal consultees were notified of the application
with regards to Highways, Environmental Health and Housing Strategy.

 

On validation of the application, the ward Councillors were notified by
email of the application submission. Ward Councillor Ian Lewis raised
objections to the application and took the application out of delegated
powers, meaning that the application was subsequently determined at
planning committee.

 

At the time of the application being heard at Planning Committee on 29
June 2023, we had received 27 separate letters of objection and one letter
of support. The reports and minutes for that meeting can be found here:

[2]http://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/ieListDoc...

 

The report provides a summary of the objections :

• Residents’ safety;

• House prices;

• Impact onto character of the area;

• Anti social behaviour;

• Overall negative impact on residents;

• Alternative location should be sought;

• Negative impact onto the residents of the hotel with limited support and
integration;

• Residents were misled by seller/owners as to the future use of the hotel
when it originally closed;

• Noise and disturbance during the evening

 

We trust this answers your enquiry.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Lynette Paterson

Principal Information Management Officer

Resources – Digital and Improvement

Wirral Council

PO Box 290
Brighton Street
Wallasey
CH27 9FQ

 

Email: [3][Wirral Borough Council request email]

 

Visit our website: [4]www.wirral.gov.uk

 

 

 

 

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