Tree Preservation Orders

Tree Preservation Orders (PTO) & Conservation Areas

These orders are put on a specimen tree or group of trees by the local Council. This could include trees within your private property. You must by law contact the local authority if you wish to do ANY work to a tree under TPO or in a Conservation Area. Both the client & contractor are responsible for respecting TPOs.They are usually very helpful for requests about maintenance & dangerous trees. It is best to get written confirmation to avoid any doubt about consent.

These orders are important in conserving particularly valuable trees which are enjoyed by the whole community, sometimes for literally hundreds of years, from being felled or ruined by insensitive pruning often in a moment of madness.

Right: Wellingtonia: Sequoiadendron giganteum

Both the client & contractor are responsible for respecting TPOs and can be heavily fined for contravening them. Dave will be please to contact your local authority on your behalf in you prefer. A nominal fee is charged for a letter.

Requests for permission for working on trees within a conservation area or TPOd trees within Edinburgh, contact:

Tree Planning Officer
City Development
Edinburgh City Council
1 Cockburn St
Edinburgh
EH1 1ZJ

Tel: 0131-529 3919

If you are unsure as to whether you live in a conservation area, or your trees have Preservation Orders, the Council will be glad to help you. You will be told if a PTO is placed on your tree. If you have bought a property with a PTOd tree, this order should be in the deeds of the property.

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