> Where a highway authority needs to fell trees on highway land that are protected by a Tree Preservation Order (TPO), in order to carry out repairs to the highway, does the authority need to submit a TPO application for permission to fell the trees or does the Highways Act 1980 allow the tree works to be done notwithstanding the TPO?

Where a highway authority needs to fell trees on highway land that are protected by a Tree Preservation Order (TPO), in order to carry out repairs to the highway, does the authority need to submit a TPO application for permission to fell the trees or does the Highways Act 1980 allow the tree works to be done notwithstanding the TPO?

18 Feb 2022

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