Birmingham City Council Tree Preservation Orders

A Tree Preservation Order (TPO) is an order made by the local planning authority in respect of trees or woodlands. The principal effect of a TPO is to prohibit the: cutting down, uprooting, topping, lopping, wilful damage, or wilful destruction of trees without the LPA's consent. TPO's are served on individual trees, groups of trees or woodlands when it is deemed to be expedient in the interests of amenity.

树木保护令（TPO）系由地方规划当局就树木或林地所作出之命令。树木保护令的主要效力在于禁止未经地方规划当局同意而进行的树木砍伐、连根拔起、修枝、剪枝、故意损害或故意破坏树木等行为。树木保护令适用于个别树木、树木群或林地，当认为对环境美观利益有益时，将予以颁布。