{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/section-238",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/section-238.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2026/6",
  "legislation_title": "Planning (Wales) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026",
  "path": "section/238",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "238",
  "heading": "Interests of amenity: factors to be taken into account",
  "text": "Tree preservation regulations may specify factors that must be taken into account in determining whether it is appropriate in the interests of amenity—\n(a) to make provision for the preservation of trees or woodlands under section 234(1), 235(1) or 236(1) or (2), or\n(b) to make an order under section 236(3).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 238 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 409(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "applied by 2006 c. 42, s. 159(8) (as substituted)",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "applied by 2006 c. 42, Sch. 3 para. 32A (as substituted)",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/6/section/238",
    "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."
}