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56 Merrilocks Road Blundellsands L23 6UW

DC/2024/01777Works to a tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 11 November 2024

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Section 211 Notice of Intent to carry crown reduce to 4No. Trees, T1 Ash, T3,4, Sycamore by 20% and T2 Holly by 30% (Blundellsands Park Conservation Area)

Received
2 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blundellsands Ward
  1. Received2 Oct
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.27 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Nov

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 56 Merrilocks Road Blundellsands L23 6UW. Sefton has handled 300 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in the Blundellsands Park conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across Blundellsands Ward. We hold 341 applications in total for the L23 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
L23 6UW
Application type
Works to a tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2024
Consultation expiry
27 October 2024
Consultation end
27 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Poplar Tree Solutions
Agent address
16 Chesterfield Road Crosby L23 9XW

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Blundellsands Park 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

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

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Source: Sefton

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