Planning consent is being sought for the demolition and redevelopment of a beachside house in Hoylake.
The Beach Road property (pictured) could be demolished and the site redeveloped if planning permission is granted (details). The property is adjacent to the beach and next to the Beach Road slip way and is one of three detached properties. It was last sold in November, 2013 according to Rightmove. The plans indicate that the property will be demolished and replaced with an imposing single property. The submitted documentation supporting the application indicates the property is in need of substantial renovation works.
Around the corner on Stanley Road another existing, more modern house is being marketed for sale as a development plot for two detached houses. Additionally, there’s a new-build property constructed in the gardens of a house on the other side of the road.
I think it’s likely that west Wirral will see more developments of this nature in the near future. For instance, there’s an apartment block currently being constructed in former gardens of a property at the end of Lingdale Road, West Kirby. It’s not necessarily always a bad thing is it? Though as we’ve seen with the potential sale of St Luke’s tennis courts, some proposed developments are far more contentious than others.
What are your thoughts? Have your say in the comments below.
There are a lot of houses built in former gardens in Grammar School Lane in West Kirby. They’re known as backland developments. There has beed some pressure to restrict them on Wirral. The Grammar School Lane developments were before the house-building moratorium in West Wirral that has now come to an end. The current policy is http://www.wirral.gov.uk/udp/oneudp1.asp?id=HS10
For far too long now the only developments in this district of Hoylake and Meols seems to have been flats/apartments etc for the elderly or single people. The worst one being “Alcartaz” where the Stanley Hotel used to be (I wonder how many brown envelopes changed hands to get permission to build that monstrosity??) On the other hand, it’s expensive and exclusive properties like the one’s listed in your article that get the permission to develop. Could it be that The Open has made this a more exclusive area for the more well off? To compare similar properties in Hoylake and say, Greasby for example, there can be a price difference of around £50k. My point is that there is no thought being given to our younger generation in this area now, they cant afford to buy properties in this town so have to leave and go elsewhere. About time the planning officers woke up to this fact. (Maybe they look forward to the extra council tax bills these new properties will attract!!!)