Application Process for Tree Preservation Orders

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Print off a Tree Work Application Form then complete all sections and return to:

Please note: your application must include a sketch plan indicating which trees you wish to work on and any other distinct features within the site. Alternatively contact Customer Services on 020 8547 5929 or email environment@rbk.kingston.gov.uk.

We have eight weeks to assess the application from the date of registration. We will inform you of our decision in writing.

Once we have received your application it will be entered into the system (providing that enough information has been supplied). A letter of acknowledgement will be sent informing you of your planning application reference number.

A Tree Officer will then visit the site and will make a recommendation to the Tree Preservation Officer based on the information provided and the suitability of the work. The Tree Preservation Officer determines the decision.

Yes. You have the right of appeal against a decision and details of the appeal process will be included within your decision notice.

The courts have powers to fine anyone contravening a tree preservation order. The maximum fines are £20,000 for destroying a tree and up to £2,500 for anyone who does not completely destroy a tree but has carried out some other works without consent.

You may have to plant another tree if the tree was cut down or destroyed.

Further information relating to Tree Preservation Orders can be found below: