Book Summary

Tree Preservation Orders: Professional Guidance System/Quality Assurance.

A National Association of Tree Officers "Life Long Learning" Endorsed Publication.

This guide was written to assist those professionals engaged in implementing tree preservation orders (i.e local authorities). The book offers a quality assurance procedure to ensure TPO's are correctly served. This publication also forms part of a SORP training program - see SORP ISA Europe for more details..

• Section 1. 'The Broadland Experience'. A copy of  Broadland District Councils Supplementary Planning Guidance which deals with the protection of trees. Includes relevant policies and their justification.
• Section 2. A typical Tree Preservation Order. A hard copy (printed) of the digitised template.
• Section 3. A Quality Assured Handling System. A hard copy of the digitised template which enables a TPO to be managed on a personal computer (or on paper). The system uses a check list approach that ensures that all aspects of the TPO implementation procedure has been correctly followed.
• Section 4. Letter Manager. A hard copy of the digitised template which enables the easy management of the numerous letters, required for TPO implementation, to be tracked.
• Section 5. Template Letters. Examples of letters required for TPO implementation. 44 examples are included covering items such as service of order, confirmation of order, objections to order, confirmation of order with modifications, non-confirmation of order.

Tree Preservation Orders: Professional Guidance System/Quality Assurance. 48 pages. Black & white diagrams and photographs. ISBN 1-881956-21-2. Published in 1997 and available from the The ISA.

• See also AIE page: TPO

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