A planning application (APP/25/01927) has been submitted for Clavis, 96 Meols Drive, proposing major demolitions and large extensions to the historic building to create six apartments, along with building two new houses in the plot's garden (House A - 2.5-storey [~9m], House B - 1.5-storey [~7.5m]). Altogether, the scheme would result in nine dwellings on a single historic villa plot within the Meols Drive Conservation Area.

WHY THIS MATTERS

The proposed development constitutes inappropriate and harmful overdevelopment of a highly sensitive site within the Meols Drive Conservation Area. The scale and intensity of the scheme are contrary to the special interest and character of the area, as set out in the recently adopted Meols Drive Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan (2025), and fail to comply with key heritage and design policies in the Wirral Local Plan 2022–2040.

OUR PRIMARY CONCERNS

• Overdevelopment and plot intensification that conflict with the low-density, spacious character of the Conservation Area
• Excessive height and massing of the proposed ~9m, 2.5-storey dwelling (House A) facing the Royal Liverpool Golf Course
• Harmful screening and loss of important views toward the historic Clavis building, and further towards St Andrew’s Church
• Significant alterations to Clavis itself that undermine its architectural integrity and contribution to the Conservation Area

These impacts run directly counter to the policies designed to protect this sensitive location.

WHAT WE’RE ASKING FOR

We respectfully request that Wirral Council refuse this application in order to safeguard the heritage, character and landscape of the Meols Drive Conservation Area.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Please sign and share this petition.

If you are a Wirral resident, consider submitting a formal objection to the Council. Please give your name and address, and reference APP/25/01927. You can do this:

• online at the planning applications webpage
• by email to planningapplications@wirral.gov.uk
• or in writing to Environmental Services, Town Hall, Brighton Street, Wallasey, Wirral, CH44 8ED

Together, we can help ensure that this special part of West Kirby remains protected for future generations.