People are campaigning to save “a quiet oasis in the middle of Birkenhead” after plans are resubmitted for 33 houses.
The houses are proposed on the Birkenhead School’s sports ground on Noctorum Road on the Wirral. The plans are a resubmission of plans that were previously rejected by Wirral Council and then upheld by the Planning Inspectorate.
The plans are largely the same as the previous application but with greater contribution towards local sports facilities. The planning inspectorate found the previous proposal would not “provide equivalent or better provision for the loss of the existing sports field.”