The Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation)(England) Regulations 2012 No. 605

PART 3 E+W PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND EXCEPTIONS

Prohibited activities E+W

13.  Without prejudice to subsection (7) of section 198(1) (power to make tree preservation orders) or subsection (1) of section 200(2) (tree preservation orders: Forestry Commissioners) and, subject to the exceptions in regulation 14, no person shall—

(a) cut down;

(b) top;

(c) lop;

(d) uproot;

(e) wilfully damage; or

(f) wilfully destroy,

any tree to which an order relates, or shall cause or permit the carrying out of any of the activities in sub-paragraphs (a) to (f) to such a tree, except with the written consent of the authority and, where such consent is given subject to conditions, in accordance with those conditions.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 13 in force at 6.4.2012, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

Section 198(7) was amended by section 192(8) of, and paragraphs 7 and 8 of Schedule 8 to, the Planning Act 2008 (c. 29).

(2)

Section 200 was substituted by section 85 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5) and subsection (1) was amended by section 192(8) of, and paragraphs 7 and 9 of Schedule 8 to, the Planning Act 2008.