Tree Preservation Order Points in The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

An active and changing record of Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) within The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. The data is maintained by the local planning authority under powers granted by the 1990 Town and Country Planning Act and the 2012 Tree Preservation Regulations. It serves to protect trees and woodlands whose removal would significantly impact the local environment and public amenity.

Use Cases

• Mapping protected tree locations for urban forestry management based on the geospatial point data.
• Analyzing the distribution of TPOs to assess environmental amenity value as described in the order criteria.
• Supporting planning application reviews by identifying protected trees requiring local authority consent for work.
• Monitoring changes in tree protection status over time using the described active record.

Strengths

• Data is described as an active and changing record, suggesting ongoing maintenance.
• The legal basis for the orders is explicitly cited (1990 Town and Country Planning Act, 2012 Regulations).
• The dataset has a clear, defined geographic scope: The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely compiled and maintained by The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames as the Local Planning Authority.

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, England