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485 Liverpool Road Birkdale PR8 3BP

DC/2025/01703TPO consentAwaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Tree Preservation Order Consent for the removal of 14 No. trees (Lies within TPO186)

Received
27 October 2025
Public comments
0 · last counted 30 October 2026
Ward
Ainsdale Ward
Agent
Absolute tree services Limited trading as StumpsAway
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a tree application at 485 Liverpool Road Birkdale PR8 3BP. Sefton has handled 300 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 27 October 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Ainsdale 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 3BP
Application type
TPO consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Absolute tree services Limited trading as StumpsAway
Agent address
1 Carr Lane Birkdale Southport PR8 3EE

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO186Protected 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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