{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/section-234",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/section-234.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2026/6",
  "legislation_title": "Planning (Wales) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026",
  "path": "section/234",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "234",
  "heading": "Power of planning authority to make tree preservation order",
  "text": "(1) A planning authority may make a tree preservation order if it considers that it is appropriate in the interests of amenity to make provision for the preservation of trees in its area.\n(2) A tree preservation order is an order for the preservation of the individual trees, groups of trees or areas of trees specified in the order.\n(3) A tree preservation order may be made so as to apply to—\n(a) trees that are in existence when the order is made, and\n(b) trees that are required to be planted by a condition imposed on a grant of planning permission in accordance with section 233(a), from the time the trees are planted.\n(4) See also—\n(a) section 241(5), which provides that if regulations provide for a prohibition not to apply to things done with consent, the regulations may also provide that a tree preservation order applies to trees planted in accordance with a condition of a consent,\n(b) section 245(5), which provides that a tree preservation order applies to replacement trees planted in accordance with section 245.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 234 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 409(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/6/section/234",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:37.107863+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}