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Tree Preservation Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the England Tree Action Plan will review and improve the scope and effectiveness of Tree Preservation Orders.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
21 Apr 2026
Target answer date
23 Apr 2026
Answer
28 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the England Tree Action Plan will review and improve the scope and effectiveness of Tree Preservation Orders.

  2. 23 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Government committed in the Environmental Improvement Plan 2025 to publish a new Trees Action Plan for England in 2026. The Trees Action Plan will set out how the Government will invest in tree planting and the forestry sector to achieve our 2030 inte...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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