Formby Gents Golf Club Golf Road Formby L37 1LQ Data via plota.co.uk

DC/2026/01636 - TPO consent Registered

Proposal

Tree preservation order to repollard 1.No Willow tree (T1) (TPO14) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
around 2 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 13 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 13 Nov 2026 and 20 Nov 2026, from Sefton's recent tree and landscaping works.

Comments are open until 7 Nov 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 8

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 ↗
Special area of conservation 21 m away: Sefton Coast
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
SSSI 21 m away: Sefton Coast SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Coastal sand dunes
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Formby built-up area; Priority habitat 10 m away: Coastal sand dunes; Tree preservation order 22 m away: TPO14/A12; National infrastructure project 1648 m away: East Irish Sea Transmission Project, at pre-application.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 13 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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
TPO consent
Postcode
L37 1LQ
Received
around 2 Oct 2026
Validated
2 Oct 2026
Ward
Formby West Ward
Parish
Formby Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
13 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Poplar Tree Solutions

Decision outlook

Day 26 of the 56-day target. Sefton usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 43.

Day 2630 days to the 56-day target
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
7 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry
13 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No
Sefton
Planning Authority Score
6.4/10
Average
#84 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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

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