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43 Westbourne Road Birkdale PR8 2HY

DC/2026/01601Approved

Approved on 4 November 2026

Council decision: Approve

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Section 211 notice for the felling of 1.No Elm Tree (A), 30% crown and lift of 3.No trees (B,C,D), Crown and lift for 4.No Tress (N,O,P,L) and felling of 1.No willow tree (M) (Lies within the West Birkdale Conservation Area)

Submitted
24 September 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 8 November 2026
Ward
Dukes Ward
  1. Received24 Sep
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.25 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Nov

Decided in 41 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 43 Westbourne Road Birkdale PR8 2HY. Sefton has handled 4,275 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in the West Birkdale 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 2HY
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2026
Consultation end
25 October 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: West Birkdale Conservation AreaPart of the site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: West BirkdalePart of the site
  • 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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