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St James Church Lulworth Road Birkdale PR8 2BQ

DC/2023/01290TPO consentApproved

Approved on 13 September 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Tree Preservation Order Consent to prune one Sycamore tree within the boundary of St James' Church (T44 of TPO 98.8).

Received
22 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dukes Ward
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.24 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Sep

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St James Church Lulworth Road Birkdale PR8 2BQ. Sefton has handled 300 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in the Birkdale Park conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Dukes Ward. We hold 1,090 applications in total for the PR8 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
PR8 2BQ
Application type
TPO consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2023
Consultation expiry
24 August 2023
Consultation end
24 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12331906
Documents
6

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: Birkdale Park Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Church of St JamesOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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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