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REQUESTING AN ENDORSED HARD COPY OF A TREE PRESERVATION ORDER

Your questions answered

• You can. All TPOs are now viewable on www.iwight.com/trees. But simply viewing a copy of an order may not be enough if you need to rely on the Order for legal purposes. The internet access to TPOs is intended simply for viewing and for information. A printed-out copy of a TPO viewed on line may sometimes be incomplete or misleading, and not all software prints images the same way, which can lead to potentially confusing images.

• Not necessarily. TPOs can be amended at any time - even if they are quite old. The TPOs online are updated regularly but there is always a short delay between the original being changed and the on-line copies being updated. We cannot guarantee that the copies online are always exactly the same as the originals.

• If you obtain an endorsed copy of the order this will include a full photocopy of the order and any plan, plus a signed statement certifying that the copy was a full, correct and up-to-date copy at a given time and date. The plan and text will often be of better quality than the image available on the internet. In the case of older plans which can be quite large, the plan will be copied at a scale which is appropriate – this is not always possible with the internet copies.

• The endorsed copy charge is £5. If you simply want to look at an Order you may do so in person without charge at the Council’s Seaclose offices during normal office hours.

• We cannot advise you on this, as the answer will depend upon what you need it for. However, as guidance, if you intend to use the document for any legal purpose, and if you want a copy that you can keep and refer to in the future, you should probably consider an endorsed copy. If, however, you are just interested to see what protection is in a certain area, or you want to read the wording on a TPO document, this can be viewed online. If you are in any doubt you should seek advice from your legal adviser.