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St Annes R C Church Timms Lane Formby

DC/2026/01179TPO consentApproved

Approved on 2 November 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Tree Preservation Order application to fell tagged 869-883, within W1. (Lies within TPO20)

Received
28 July 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 7 November 2026
Ward
Formby West Ward
  1. Received28 Jul
  2. Validated28 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Nov

Decided in 97 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Annes R C Church Timms Lane Formby. Sefton has handled 300 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 6 weeks longer than Sefton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 91 applications across Formby West 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
Parish
Formby Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Mulberry
Agent address
65 Bolton Street Ramsbottom BL0 9HY

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.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO20Part of the site · +3 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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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