Homeowners and tree surgeons in England
Free tree preservation order and conservation-area check for a tree in England, with the consent or notice you need before pruning or felling it.
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How it works
What you get
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Root protection areas and tree protection plan door.
Modeled on: Planning practice guidance: Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas
From public data
notice to the council is needed before cutting down, topping or lopping most trees in a conservation area
Source: Town and Country Planning Act 1990, s.211
Work out BS 5837 root protection areas for trees on or near your site, then get the tree protection plan and method statement drafted. Free to read.
Questions
Ask your council. Planning guidance says authorities should answer enquiries about whether particular trees are protected, and confirmed orders are recorded in the local land charges register.
Usually. For a tree with a TPO you apply for consent, with no fee, and approval can take up to 8 weeks. For a tree in a conservation area you give 6 weeks' notice before work starts. Consent lasts 2 years once given.
For a dead tree, give the council 5 working days' written notice before the work, unless urgent work is needed because of an immediate risk of serious harm. For urgent work on a dangerous tree, give written notice as soon as practicable afterwards.
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Answer it and ePlan opens the Root protection areas and tree protection plan door with your answer filled in.