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2 Thirlmere Road Hightown L38 3RQ

DC/2025/00540TPO consentApproved

Approved on 20 May 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree Preservation Order Consent for the trimming of 3.no copper beeches and 4.no sycamores trees (Lies within TPO205).

Received
28 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Manor Ward
  1. Received28 Mar
  2. Validated28 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 2 Thirlmere Road Hightown L38 3RQ. 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 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Manor Ward. We hold 31 applications in total for the L38 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
L38 3RQ
Application type
TPO consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hightown Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 March 2025

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO205Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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