Thread: Will a tree become 'protected' if/when it grows large?
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Default Will a tree become 'protected' if/when it grows large?
Charlie Pridham wrote:
In article ,
says...

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.

If you are in a conservation area then all trees over a certain diameter
(6" Ithink) are automatically protected

Ah! :-) Now *that's* what I really wanted to know, thank you. (If
we decide we actually want to cut something down I'll check further on
the diameter)

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Chris Green
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