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Ministry of Land and Natural Resources: Forestry, Tree Preservation and National...

Catalogue reference: JH 6

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JH 6

.The files in this series are samples of Tree Preservation Orders made under s. 46 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1932 and s. 29 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1962.

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Reference

JH 6

Title
Ministry of Land and Natural Resources: Forestry, Tree Preservation and National Parks Division: Registered Files (KT Series)
Date

1958-1972

Description

.The files in this series are samples of Tree Preservation Orders made under s. 46 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1932 and s. 29 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1962.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

KT file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Ministry of Housing and Local Government, 1951-1970
  • Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Planning (Provinces) Division, 1951-1963
  • Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Planning Division C, 1963-1970
  • Ministry of Land and Natural Resources: Forestry, Tree Preservation and National Parks Division, 1964-1967
Physical description

11 file(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure

Subjects
Topics
Resources
Forestry
Planning (Land and Property)
Selection and destruction information

Eleven files in this series have been preserved as samples of Tree Preservation Orders. One file has been selected to show the procedure adopted when the appeal against an order was made to the Minister. The remaining case-work files - the vast majority - have been destroyed.

Administrative / biographical background

No special provision was made for the preservation of trees until the Town and Country Planning Act of 1932, S.46, which enabled the matter to be dealt with in planning schemes. Section 29 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1962 empowered local planning authorities to protect trees and woodlands by means of tree preservation orders provided that this was done in the interests of amenity. Subject to confirmation by the Minister, these orders prohibited the wilful destruction, felling, lopping or topping of specified trees and woodlands without the consent of the local authority.

Tree Preservation Orders were first dealt with by Planning (Provinces) Division until 1962 and by Planning Division C from 1962 until 1964. The function was transferred to the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources (Forestry, Tree Preservation and National Parks Division) on the formation of that Ministry in 1964. When the latter was abolished in 1967, the Ministry of Housing and Local Government again assumed responsibility for the issuing of these orders.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9960/

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