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Homechase House Chase Close Birkdale

DC/2025/02061TPO consentApproved

Approved on 16 February 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Tree Preservation Order Consent for the Felling of 5No. trees (T1/T3/T4/T6/T9) and the pruning of 5No. trees (T2/T5/T7/T8/T10)) (Lies within TPO138).

Received
19 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dukes Ward
Agent
Evergreen gardens and design
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated19 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Homechase House Chase Close Birkdale. Sefton has handled 300 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in the Birkdale Village conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Dukes Ward.

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

Application type
TPO consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Evergreen gardens and design
Agent address
Inspire Business Park Greengates BD10 0JE

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Birkdale Village Conservation Area
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO138Part of the site · +4 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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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