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61 Mill Lane Southport PR9 7PL

DC/2021/00590Works to a tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 April 2021

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Section 211 Notice to fell 1 Ash tree (Lies within the Churchtown Conservation Area)

Received
2 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Meols Ward
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated2 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 61 Mill Lane Southport PR9 7PL. Sefton has handled 300 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in the Churchtown conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Meols Ward. We hold 1,054 applications in total for the PR9 postcode area.

92% of trees applications at Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PR9 7PL
Application type
Works to a tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 March 2021
Neighbour consultation start
23 March 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09582814
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Churchtown Conservation Area
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Sefton

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