Tree Preservation Order check — North Somerset
North Somerset Council publishes its TPO register to the government Planning Data Platform. Enter a North Somerset postcode to see whether a TPO zone covers it, how many protected trees sit within 100 m, and whether it is in a conservation area.
Live counts from planning.data.gov.uk (organisation entity 238), refreshed daily. Example postcode within 300 m of a published zone: BS49 4BP
Free check · England only, and only councils that publish TPO data · Try SG8 6BA (TPO zone) · NW3 5AU (conservation area) · HP5 2LX (protected trees nearby)
Tree rules in North Somerset
- TPO trees: written consent from North Somerset Council is needed before anyone cuts down, tops, lops, uproots or wilfully damages a protected tree (Tree Preservation Regulations 2012 reg 13). If the council has not decided within 8 weeks you may appeal (reg 19).
- Conservation areas: written notice under s.211, then wait 6 weeks (the notice lasts 2 years), before work to any tree of 75 mm diameter or more at 1.5 m — even with no TPO.
- Dead or dangerous trees: a dead tree needs 5 working days' notice before work; work urgently necessary to remove an immediate risk of serious harm is notified as soon as practicable afterwards (reg 14(2)).
- Penalties: an unlimited fine for destroying a protected tree (s.210; the £20,000 cap was removed on 12 March 2015), up to £2,500 for lesser breaches, plus the landowner's duty to replant (s.206).
- Council contact: https://www.n-somerset.gov.uk — search for "tree preservation order" or "tree works application".
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