Meols Hall Botanic Road Southport PR9 7LZ Data via plota.co.uk

DC/2026/01213 - Works to a tree in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Section 211 notice to cut back to property boundary of 2.No sycamore Trees (T1, T2) (Lies within the North Meols Conservation Area). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Jul 2026
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Approved
25 Aug 2026

Approved on 25 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 1 Sept 2026

Documents 3

Application forms 1

PDF Applicationformredacted Application Form · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

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Site constraints 8

Grade II* listed: Meols Hall
List entry 1379553 · The pin is inside its outline · 7 more listed buildings within 150 m (7 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show the other 7 with distances
Historic England ↗
Green belt: Merseyside and Greater Manchester
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
Read the government guidance ↗
North Meols Conservation Area conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Heritage at risk: North Meols, Southport
On the register of historic places assessed as at risk.
A designated building, monument, park or conservation area assessed as at risk from neglect, decay or development. Proposals that secure its future are looked on favourably.
Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden 245 m away: Churchtown Botanic Gardens; Priority habitat 20 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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.

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Important details

Council
Sefton
Application type
Works to a tree in a Conservation Area
Postcode
PR9 7LZ
Received
16 Jul 2026
Validated
16 Jul 2026
Ward
Meols Ward
Case officer
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Target decision
27 Aug 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
25 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
LJO Contracting Services LTD

How this decision compares

Decided in 40 days from validation, about the council's usual 43 days. Approved, as 89% of tree and landscaping works here are.

92%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
160decided in the last year

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
21 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
27 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

9 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Section 211 Notice of Intent to carry out tree works to remove 4No. trees within the grou…
DC/2025/01228
2023 Approved
Section 211 Notice of Intent to carry out tree works to prune several trees within the gr…
DC/2023/01112
2022 Approved
Section 211 Notice of Intent to carry out tree works within North Meols Conservation area…
DC/2022/00910
2020 Approved
Section 211 Notice of Intent to carry out tree works within North Meols Conservation area…
DC/2020/01046
2018 Withdrawn
Section 211 Notice of intent to carry out tree works in North Meols Conservation area to…
DC/2018/01954
2018 Approved
Section 211 Notice of intent to carry out tree works in North Meols Conservation area to…
DC/2018/00907
2017 Approved
Listed building consent for the automation of the existing main gates
DC/2017/01164
2016 Approved
Environment Impact Assessment (Agriculture) to plough the field and grow potatoes for one…
DC/2016/00265
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved
Derek's Shed Blundell Road Churchtown Southport PR9 7NP
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DC/2022/01446
Sefton
Planning Authority Score
6.4/10
Average
#84 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

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%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Sefton decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #66 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #59 of 296
71%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #119 of 296
39%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #141 of 296
87%
Minor dwellings approved
82 decided (1-9 homes)
87%
Major dwellings approved
15 decided (10+ homes)
78%
Change of use approved
76 decided
1,029
Total decisions
75 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings