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Site Of St Wilfrids Catholic High School Orrell Road Litherland

DC/2026/00052TPO consentApproved

Approved on 18 February 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Tree preservation order to crown raise 9no. trees(G4) to 2.5 and 2m (TPO/2020/003)

Received
9 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Litherland Ward
  1. Received9 Jan
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Feb

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Site Of St Wilfrids Catholic High School Orrell Road Litherland. Sefton has handled 300 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Litherland 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
9 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO/2020/003Part of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Former St Wilfrid’s School, Orrell Road, BootleRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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