{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/section-240",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/section-240.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2026/6",
  "legislation_title": "Planning (Wales) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026",
  "path": "section/240",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "240",
  "heading": "Activities that may be prohibited",
  "text": "(1) Tree preservation regulations may prohibit any or all of the following in relation to trees in respect of which a tree preservation order or woodland preservation order is in force—\n(a) cutting down trees;\n(b) topping trees;\n(c) lopping trees;\n(d) uprooting trees;\n(e) intentionally or recklessly damaging trees;\n(f) intentionally or recklessly destroying trees;\n(g) causing or permitting the carrying out of any of the activities in paragraphs (a) to (f).\n(2) The regulations may impose prohibitions subject to exceptions.\n(3) They may, in particular, provide for a prohibition not to apply to things done with consent.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 240 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/240",
    "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."
}