24C Westcliffe Road Birkdale PR8 2BU Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Section 211 notice for the crown reduction by 20% for 1.No Sycamore tree (T1) (Lies within the Birkdale Park Conservation Area). Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 22 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026
Documents 3
Decision & officer reports 1
Application forms 1
Other documents 1
Site constraints 6
Show all 2 with distances
- 31 mFormer Kingswood School principal blockGrade II
- 138 mChurch of St JamesGrade II
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £647,000 in December 2022. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in October 2022, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
Every application in Sefton - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.
Other new applications on this street
Nearby new applications
Ashbourne House 25 Gloucester Road Birkdale PR8 2AU
Section 211 notice for the for crown reduction by 1 metre for 1.No Cherry Tree (...
4 Grovewood Birkdale PR8 2NU
Replacement of the existing first floor window to the front elevation with a Jul...
18 York Road Birkdale PR8 2AD
Section 211 notice for the reduction of 1.No leylandii tree crown by 3M (T1) (Gl...
19 Blandford Close Birkdale PR8 2DB
Proposed erection of new dormer to the rear, incorporating a balcony with 1.8m p...
15 - 17 Oxford Road Birkdale PR8 2JR
Variation of condition 2 pursuant to planning permission DC/2019/01720 to allow ...
2 Lulworth Road Birkdale PR8 2AT
Section 211 notice for the crown lift by 2.5-meters for 8 No. Sycamores deadwood...
Important details
- Council
- Sefton
- Application type
- Works to a tree in a Conservation Area
- Postcode
- PR8 2BU
- Received
- 12 May 2026
- Validated
- 12 May 2026
- Ward
- Dukes Ward
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 23 Jun 2026
- Decision
- Approve
- Decision date
- 22 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Agent
- Absolute tree services Limited trading as StumpsAway
How this decision compares
Decided in 41 days from validation, about the council's usual 43 days. Approved, as 89% of tree and landscaping works here are.
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Sefton in the last twelve months, from validation. Sefton decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 12 Jun 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 23 Jun 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
16 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Sefton ranks #119 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
Track this application
24C Westcliffe Road Birkdale PR8 2BU
Tracking this application
Not there in a minute? Check junk - especially Hotmail and Outlook.
Go to your dashboard →Sign in to view contact details
Applicant and case-officer names are hidden from public view for privacy. Create a free Plota account - or sign back in - and we'll show them, plus you get a dashboard for alerts and tracked applications.
