What type of trees can be covered by a Tree Preservation Order?
All types and species, including hedgerow trees, but not hedges, bushes or shrubs. The Tree Preservation Order can cover anything from a single tree to groups of trees and woodlands. Although the Town and Country Planning Act does not define the term ‘tree’, for the purposes of the legislation the High Court has held that ‘a tree is anything which ordinarily one would call a tree’.
