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37 Great Georges Road Waterloo L22 1RA

DC/2026/00039Works to a tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 24 February 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Section 211 notice for the canopy rise of 1.No tree (T1), reduction of canopy by 15% and raise 5m for 1 No Tree (T2), reduction of canopy by 15% for 1.No Tree (T3), trimming to maintain size of 1.No Group (G1) and felling of 1 Group of Trees to be replaced (G2) (Lies within the Christ Church Conservation Area)

Received
12 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Church Ward
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.8 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 37 Great Georges Road Waterloo L22 1RA. Sefton has handled 300 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in the Christ Church conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Church Ward. We hold 104 applications in total for the L22 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
L22 1RA
Application type
Works to a tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2026
Consultation expiry
8 February 2026
Consultation end
8 February 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Case officer
Tom Skipworth

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Christ Church Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 37, Great Georges RoadOn this site
  • Article 4 direction: Bootle and Waterloo HMO
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO64Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Christ Church
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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