4 Firs Crescent Formby L37 1PT Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Tree preservation order for the height reduction by 25% and tip end reduction by 2 meters for 1.No Sycamore tree (T5) and cutting back to previous pruning points, combined with a light tip-end reduction to maintain balance for 3.No Sycamore tree (T2,T3,T4). (Lies in TPO11) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 27 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 8 Sept 2026
Documents 3
Decision & officer reports 2
Application forms 1
Site constraints 6
Checked on 6 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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £407,000 in July 2019. 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 April 2019, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Sefton
- Application type
- TPO consent
- Postcode
- L37 1PT
- Received
- 1 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 1 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Harington Ward
- Parish
- Formby Parish Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 27 Jul 2026
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Decision date
- 27 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- P R Howard (Trees) Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 days from validation, 13 days slower than Sefton's median of 43 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 88% 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
- 2 Jul 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 27 Jul 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 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.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
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.
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