YDNPA Tree Preservation Orders

A tree preservation order (TPO) is an order made by the local authority, in this case the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, on a tree or number of trees that makes it an offence to carry out any work, e.g. cut down, top, lop, up root, wilfully damage or wilfully destroy a protected tree, without the Authority’s prior written consent. Cutting the roots of a protected tree is also potentially damaging and will require the Authority’s consent. TPO’s take the form of an individual tree preservation order, a group TPO, an area TPO or a woodland TPO. A typical TPO would be served on tree or number of trees which are of significance to the local environment whilst providing a benefit to the public through visual amenity. The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority has powers to serve TPO’s under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and the Town and Country (Tree Preservation) (England) Regulations 2012, and by Law, written consent must be given by the local authority before works to a tree with a preservation order can take place.

树木保护令（TPO）系由地方当局，在本例中为约克郡达勒姆国家公园管理局，就特定树木或树木群所下达的命令，规定未经管理局事先书面同意，擅自对受保护树木进行任何作业，例如砍伐、修剪、截枝、拔根、故意损害或故意破坏，均构成违法行为。对受保护树木根部的切割亦可能造成损害，并需获得管理局的许可。树木保护令可采取个别树木保护令、群体树木保护令、区域树木保护令或林地树木保护令等形式。典型的树木保护令针对的是对当地环境具有重要意义，并通过视觉景观提升为公众带来福祉的树木或树木群。约克郡达勒姆国家公园管理局根据1990年城乡规划法及2012年城乡（树木保护）（英格兰）法规之授权，有权下达树木保护令，且根据法律规定，在实施树木保护令范围内的树木作业前，必须获得地方当局的书面许可。