Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 78675

Tree Preservation Orders

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Paul Holmes

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to reintroduce Article 5 certificates, in the context of trends in the number of cases where Tree Protection Orders are removed at the request of insurance

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

The Tree Preservation Order system is the primary method of protecting trees and woodlands in England. Anyone applying to a local authority to cut down, top, lop or uproot trees subject to an Order because of tree-related subsidence damage is required to ...

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