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Written question asked by Blake Stephenson (Conservative) on Tuesday, 4 March 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 6 March 2025. It was answered by Matthew Pennycook (Labour) on Wednesday, 12 March 2025 on behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.


Tree Preservation Orders: Bedfordshire

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2025 to Question 25797 on Tree Preservation Orders: Bedfordshire, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of keeping a centralised national record of Tree Protection Orders.

Answer

Tree Preservation Orders safeguard individual trees or groups of trees of particular value to local amenity.

Local planning authorities have the principal responsibility for applying these protections effectively.

The government has no plans at present to create a central record of their decisions, but we will keep the matter under review.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
35438
Session
2024-26
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Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Bedfordshire Trees Tree preservation orders
Link
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