When the modern planning system was established under the Town and Country Planning Act 1947 local planning authorities retained their powers to protect trees and woodlands in the interests of...
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,...
The Clean Air Act 1993 enables local authorities to designate Smoke Control Areas in which it is an offence to emit smoke from a chimney of a building, from a furnace or from any fixed boiler.
