Scottish Planning Series: Planning Circular 1 2011: Tree Preservation Orders

This Circular and attached annex set out Scottish Government Policy onTPOs and trees in conservation areas contained in the Town and Country Planning(Scotland) Act 1997, as amended by the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 and theTown and Country Planning


INTRODUCTION

1. This Circular and attached annex set out Scottish Government Policy on TPOs and trees in conservation areas contained in the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997, as amended by the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 and the Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation Order and Trees in Conservation Areas)(Scotland) Regulations 2010 ( SSI 2010/434). This circular is intended to provide an overview of the new TPO procedures, explaining how the requirements from the Act and Regulations fit together.

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