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23 Westbourne Road Birkdale PR8 2HZ

DC/2026/00285Works to a tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 26 March 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Section 211 notice for the reduction by 25 reduction (2-3 meters) for 2 Groups of Conifer hedges (G1, G2) and the crown reduction by 20% (1-2 meters) of 2.no Silver birch trees (T1,T2) (Lies within the West Birkdale Conservation Area).

Received
18 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dukes Ward
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated18 Feb
  3. Consult.23 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Mar

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 23 Westbourne Road Birkdale PR8 2HZ. Sefton has handled 300 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in the West Birkdale conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Dukes 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 2HZ
Application type
Works to a tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 February 2026
Consultation expiry
23 March 2026
Consultation end
23 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
83 Seaton Way Southport PR9 9GP

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West Birkdale Conservation Area
  • Heritage at Risk Register: West Birkdale
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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