Prospective

PART 9 E+W PRESERVATION OF TREES AND WOODLANDS

CHAPTER 1 E+W TREE PRESERVATION ORDERS AND WOODLAND PRESERVATION ORDERS ETC.

Tree preservation orders and woodland preservation orders E+W

234 Power of planning authority to make tree preservation order E+W

(1) A planning authority may make a tree preservation order if it considers that it is appropriate in the interests of amenity to make provision for the preservation of trees in its area.

(2) A tree preservation order is an order for the preservation of the individual trees, groups of trees or areas of trees specified in the order.

(3) A tree preservation order may be made so as to apply to—

(a) trees that are in existence when the order is made, and

(b) trees that are required to be planted by a condition imposed on a grant of planning permission in accordance with section 233(a), from the time the trees are planted.

(4) See also—

(a) section 241(5), which provides that if regulations provide for a prohibition not to apply to things done with consent, the regulations may also provide that a tree preservation order applies to trees planted in accordance with a condition of a consent,

(b) section 245(5), which provides that a tree preservation order applies to replacement trees planted in accordance with section 245.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 234 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 409(2)