Service Description: Applications for work to protected trees, queries about protected trees, high hedges and tree preservation orders.
Also known as:- Dutch Elm Disease (Trees with Protection Orders), Forest Management, Protected Trees, Tree Conservation Areas, Tree Planting, Tree Protection, Woodland Management
Answer: If you wish to do works to a protected tree, including felling it, you need the consent of the Council. To apply, you will need to complete an application form and submit it to the Tree Team. The statutory periods for determining an application are: 8 weeks for an application under a TPO; 6 weeks if the tree is in a Conservation Area. It costs nothing to apply, and if the works are reasonable and necessary and do not affect the local amenity adversely, they will usually be allowed. Further information, if required, is available online. - Related Link