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55 Botanic Road Southport PR9 7NE

DC/2026/00316Works to a tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 1 April 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Section 211 notice for the felling 1.No Japanese Maple tree and replaced with similar tree (Lies within the Churchtown Conservation Area).

Received
23 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Meols Ward
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.23 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 55 Botanic Road Southport PR9 7NE. Sefton has handled 300 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in the Churchtown conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Meols Ward. We hold 1,054 applications in total for the PR9 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
PR9 7NE
Application type
Works to a tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

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

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Churchtown Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 55, Botanic RoadOn this site · +4 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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