Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) provide additional information on the detailed application of development plan policies to help landowners and developers prepare acceptable planning applications. They are material considerations for planning decisions.
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Current Adopted Supplementary Planning Documents
On the 29 June 2026 at the meeting of the Economy, Regeneration and Housing Committee, the following SPDs were adopted by the Council:
- Designing for Residential Development Supplementary Planning Document (adopted 29 June 2026)
- Householder Development Supplementary Planning Document (adopted 29 June 2026)
The following Supplementary Planning Documents adopted under the previous Unitary Development Plan have been retained with additional explanatory notes identifying the parts of the document that have been superseded and will no longer be applied, following the adoption of the Wirral Local Plan on the 31 March 2025.
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- SPD1 – Designing for Development by Mobile Phone Operators (October 2006)
- SPD3 – Hot Food Takeaways, Restaurants, Cafes and Drinking Establishments (October 2006)
- SPD4 – Parking Standards (June 2007)
Revocation of SPD2 - Designing for Self Contained Flat Development and Conversions
SPD2 - Designing for Self-Contained Flat Development and Conversions was revoked on the 29 June 2026 following the adoption of the Designing for Residential Development SPD.
Following the revocation of the above document, Wirral Council will cease to make any physical or digital copies of the documents available on its website and will remove them from its offices and public libraries. A notice to that effect is available to view below:
Supplementary Planning Guidance Notes
The following Supplementary Planning Guidance Notes have been retained as interim guidance following the adoption of the Wirral Local Plan on the 31 March 2025. Where required, additional explanatory notes identify the parts of the document that have been superseded and will no longer be applied.
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Preparation of New Supplementary Planning Guidance Notes
New Government Regulations came into force in March 2026 which brought into effect the new Local Plans system set out in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023. One effect of the new Regulations is that no new SPDs can be adopted after 30 June 2026. As such the following documents (originally proposed to be SPDs) will now be taken forward as Supplementary Planning Guidance Notes (SPGs):
- Recreation Management and Green Infrastructure;
- Biodiversity and Nature Recovery; and
- Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)
Drafts of these SPGs are currently in preparation and will be published for consultation in due course.
Withdrawal of Supplementary Planning Guidance Notes
Following the adoption of the Householder Development and Designing for Residential Development SPDs on the 29 June 2026, the following retained Supplementary Planning Guidance Notes have been withdrawn:
Following the withdrawal of the above documents, Wirral Council will cease to make any physical or digital copies of the documents available on its website and will remove them from its offices and public libraries. A notice to that effect is available to view below:
Further to the decision of the Economy, Regeneration and Housing Committee at its meeting of 17 June 2025 (minute 6 refers), the following Supplementary Planning Guidance Notes were withdrawn by the Council and will now no longer form part of the Council’s consideration of decisions on planning applications. The withdrawn Supplementary Planning Guidance Notes are listed below:
The reasons for these decisions are set out in Appendix 2 of the report Economy, Regeneration and Housing Committee - 17 June 2025 (item 6 refers).
Following the withdrawal of the above documents, Wirral Council has ceased to make any physical or digital copies of the documents available on its website and removed them from its offices and public libraries. A notice to the effect is available to view below: