Tree Preservation Orders (Polygons): Protected Woodlands and Tree Groups in Cornwall

Polygon-based geospatial data representing Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) in Cornwall, England. The dataset contains groups, areas, and woodlands protected under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and subsequent regulations. It is maintained by Cornwall Council, extracted from the UNI-form system, and updated weekly with both confirmed and provisional orders.

Use Cases

• Mapping protected woodland areas for environmental impact assessments based on the polygon features.
• Planning land development projects by identifying locations with tree preservation constraints.
• Monitoring changes in tree protection status over time based on the weekly update schedule.
• Integrating with point-based TPO data to get a complete picture of tree protection in a region.

Strengths

• Data is updated on a weekly basis, providing relatively current information.
• Includes both confirmed and provisional Tree Preservation Orders.
• Derived from a central authoritative system (UNI-form) used for creating and maintaining TPOs.

Limitations

• The description notes errors and omissions in the source database, with data occasionally entered into the wrong field.
• Missing data in a field does not guarantee the information is absent from paper records, requiring manual verification.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Cornwall Council Planning Service, extracted from the UNI-form system.

Collection Method

Extracted from a central repository for maintaining Tree Preservation Orders.

Time Range

Orders made under regulations from 2012 onward, with historical context from 1947 legislation.

Freshness

Updated weekly.

Geography

Cornwall, England.