Thread: Will a tree become 'protected' if/when it grows large?
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Old 07-05-2008, 05:26 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Will a tree become 'protected' if/when it grows large?
Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article ,
writes:
| When/how does a tree become a 'protected' tree - as in a tree that
| you're not allowed to cut down? Does the local council or whatever
| have to explicitly place a protection order on the tree or what?

Yes. And the owner of the property has a chance to object.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

But what starts the whole process? I don't think the council go round
peering in back gardens, and presumably no one actually wants a
preservation order
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