http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/605/regulation/13The Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation)(England) Regulations 2012Tree preservationConservation areasenTOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLANDStatute Law Database2026-03-17Expert Participation2025-11-05 These Regulations, which apply in relation to England only, substantially revoke and replace the Town and Country Planning (Trees) Regulations 1999, to the extent to which they apply to England. They also revoke the Town and Country Planning (Trees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008 and the Town and Country Planning (Trees) (Amendment No. 2) (England) Regulations 2008. PART 3 13 Without prejudice to subsection (7) of section 198 (power to make tree preservation orders) or subsection (1) of section 200 (tree preservation orders: Forestry Commissioners) and, subject to the exceptions in regulation 14, no person shall— a cut down; b top; c lop; d uproot; e wilfully damage; or f wilfully destroy, any tree to which an order relates, or shall cause or permit the carrying out of any of the activities in sub-paragraphs (a) to (f) to such a tree, except with the written consent of the authority and, where such consent is given subject to conditions, in accordance with those conditions. Section 198(7) was amended by section 192(8) of, and paragraphs 7 and 8 of Schedule 8 to, the Planning Act 2008 (c. 29). Section 200 was substituted by section 85 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5) and subsection (1) was amended by section 192(8) of, and paragraphs 7 and 9 of Schedule 8 to, the Planning Act 2008. Reg. 13 in force at 6.4.2012, see reg. 1(1)