17 Park Drive Blundellsands L23 6TN Data via plota.co.uk

DC/2025/01013 - Works to a tree in a Conservation Area Registered

Proposal

Section 211 Notice of intent to carry out tree works to fell 2.No sycamores Trees (T1 and T2) and reduction of crown of 2.No Groups (Area 1, Area 2) (Lies within the Blundellsands Park Conservation Area). Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
around 10 Jul 2025
Decision
Target date was 21 Aug 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 475.

The consultation period closed on 18 Aug 2025.

Site constraints 8

Blundellsands Park 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 ↗
Special protection area 214 m away: Ribble & Alt Estuaries
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
SSSI 214 m away: Sefton Coast SSSI; 1 listed building within 150 m; National infrastructure project 285 m away: East Irish Sea Transmission Project, at pre-application; Inside the Crosby (Sefton) built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 14 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
Works to a tree in a Conservation Area
Postcode
L23 6TN
Received
around 10 Jul 2025
Validated
10 Jul 2025
Ward
Blundellsands Ward
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 Aug 2025
Applicant
Show
Agent
Absolute Tree Services Limited trading as StumpsAway

Decision outlook

Day 475, past the statutory target. 98% of tree and landscaping works in Sefton are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 21 Oct 2026.

Day 475419 days past 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
18 Aug 2025
Statutory expiry
21 Aug 2025
Env. assessment
No
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