Question follow-through · 13724
Trees
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will amend planning regulations in situations where a tree is found to be endangering the foundations of an adjacent building so that local authorities may recommend optio
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 11 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 18 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will amend planning regulations in situations where a tree is found to be endangering the foundations of an adjacent building so that local authorities may recommend optio
18 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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18 Nov 2024
Answer published
Existing procedures are designed to support options other than felling. The relevant guidance makes clear that applications to address tree-related subsidence damage are to be supported by appropriate information, and the standard application form require...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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