TPO and Legal Requirements: Tree Law Essentials for Arborists and Landowners

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About Course

This course gives a clear, practical overview of Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs), conservation area laws, felling licences, and other UK legal requirements surrounding trees. Designed for arborists, contractors, estate managers, and homeowners, it helps you stay compliant, avoid fines, and know when and how to apply for permission. Learn how to navigate local authority processes, understand Section 211 notices, and work safely within the law.

What Will You Learn?

  • - What TPOs are, how they work, and who can issue them
  • - How conservation areas affect tree work and how to give notice
  • - When you need a felling licence and how to apply for one
  • - What exemptions apply to emergency and dead tree work (Section 21)
  • - How to properly submit TPO applications and appeal refusals
  • - Best practices for documenting tree work and communicating with local authorities

Course Content

What is a Tree Preservation Order (TPO)?

  • What is a Tree Preservation Order?
  • Who Creates Them and Why?
  • How to Find Out if a Tree is Protected

Understanding Conservation Areas

Felling Licences and Woodland Regulations

Exemptions and Emergency Tree Work

Working with Local Authorities

Final Course Quiz