PART 2TREE PRESERVATION ORDERS

Procedure for confirmation of a tree preservation orderI17

1

The authority shall not confirm an order which they have made unless they have first considered objections and representations duly made in respect of it and not withdrawn.

2

An authority may confirm an order with or without modifications.

3

Where an order is confirmed it shall be endorsed to that effect and the endorsement shall also indicate—

a

that the order was confirmed with modifications or without modifications, as the case may be; and

b

the date on which it was confirmed.

4

Where an order is confirmed with modifications, the modifications shall be indicated in the order by distinctive type or other means.

5

A modification under paragraph (2) may not add to the Schedule to the order (and the map) references to a tree to which the order did not previously apply.