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Book Summary

Tree Preservation Orders : A guide to the law and good practice.

This guide sets out the Government's policy advice on the tree preservation order system. It outlines the law as it currently stands in England, taking into account the Town and Country Planning (Trees) Regulations 1999 which came into force on 2 August 1999.

Although this guide is aimed at local planning authorities, it is an essential reference tool for all those involved with the tree preservation order system.

Sections VI, VII, VIII, IX and X of the DoE Circular 36/78 Trees and Forestry are now cancelled. The older DETR publication, Tree Preservation Orders: A Guide to the Law and Good Practice (1994) is also cancelled.

The guide is divided into the following chapters:

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction to Tree Preservation Orders
Chapter 2: Scope of Tree Preservation Orders
Chapter 3: Making and Confirming Tree Preservation Orders
Chapter 4: Varying and Revoking Tree Preservation Orders
Chapter 5: Trees and Development
Chapter 6: Applications to carry out work under Tree Preservation Orders
Chapter 7: Appeals against Local Planning Authority Decisions
Chapter 8: Modifying and Revoking Consents
Chapter 9: Trees in Conservation Areas
Chapter 10: Penalties
Chapter 11: Tree Replacement: Enforcement
Chapter 12: Appeals against Tree Replacement Notices
Chapter 13: Injunctions
Chapter 14: Compensation
Annex 1: Contacts
Annex 2: Model Regulation 3 Notice
Annex 3: Model Letter of Confirmation
Annex 4: Code of Practice for Utility Operators
Annex 5: Model Tree Work Application Form
Annex 6: Model Acknowledgement of Application
Annex 7: Model Refusal Notice
Annex 8: Model Article 5 Certificate
Annex 9: Model Appeal Statement
Annex 10: Model Acknowledgement of Section 211 Notice
Annex 11: Model Tree Replacement Notice
Index

The contents of this document are available as a bound document direct from the DETR. Alternatively the contents can be viewed directly on the DETR web site. However, the terms of copyright allow for the reproduction of this document in any form providing the contents are not changed and its source is acknowledged. So, as a service to arboriculturists the document is now available as a Microsoft Word file for direct down load from the AIE site and subsequent printing on your own printer. Please note the file is over 300kb in size and will take 2-4 minutes to download.

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Link to Tree Preservation Orders.
Link to Town and Country Planning (Trees) Regulations 1999