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36 Westcliffe Road Birkdale PR8 2BT

DC/2026/01177Refused

Refused on 24 August 2026

Council decision: Notice deemed to be refused created TPO

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Section 211 notice to fell 1no. tree (T1) and reduce 1no. tree (T2) (Lies within Birkdale Park Conservation Area)

Submitted
13 July 2026
Ward
Dukes Ward
  1. Received13 Jul
  2. Validated13 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Aug

Decided in 42 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 36 Westcliffe Road Birkdale PR8 2BT. Sefton has handled 4,275 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in the Birkdale Park conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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.

Application details

Postcode
PR8 2BT

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Tom Skipworth

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Birkdale Park Conservation Area
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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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