Tree Preservation Order Applications
and
Conservation Area Notifications 

To carry out work on trees which are protected by a tree preservation order (TPO). It is necessary to submit a detailed application form to the relevant local authority detailing the works you wish to undertake and the reasoning for the work. The local authority can give full consent, consent with conditions or refuse to give consent.

Similar applies for tree within conservation areas. Although this is a notification rather than an application with a slightly different process as the local authority cannot refuse the work you are notifying them about without first placing a TPO on the tree/s.

There are a few exemptions for both TPO’s and conservation areas to be aware of.

I will be able assist with the entire process from giving recommendations of what works would be acceptable to carry out, and therefore unlikely to be rejected, through the submitting the forms and liaising with contractors.

What’s the process?

After visiting the site to discuss the work and to collect information regarding the trees concerned. The application/notification forms are filled in providing as much detail as possible about the nature of the work and the reasons for this work, backed up by sound arboricultural knowledge and best practises. These are then submitted to the relevant local authority.

The processes for the TPO’s and conservation areas differs from here on.

For TPO applications. The local authority should acknowledge the receipt of the application. It is from this date that they have 8 weeks to either give full consent, consent with conditions or to refuse the work. Should they not respond within 8 weeks of the date of acknowledgement an appeal must be submitted.

For conservation areas. The local authority has 6 weeks from the date of the notice to consider whether the tree(s) concerned is worthy of being protected by a TPO. If a TPO is not made on the tree after 6 weeks the work can then be carried out.