{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-tree-preservationengland-regulations-2012/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-tree-preservationengland-regulations-2012/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/605",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation)(England) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-tree-preservationengland-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Preliminary information",
  "text": "The relevant authority shall, as soon as practicable after receiving notification of an appeal, send copies of the following to the Secretary of State—\n(a) in the case of a tree preservation order appeal—\n(i) the application for consent, where relevant; and\n(ii) the decision of the relevant authority, if any, including any condition made by the authority in relation to the decision;\n(b) in the case of a tree replacement notice appeal—\n(i) the notice issued under section 207(1);\n(ii) where the notice has been issued following a failure to plant replacement trees under a condition of consent, the original application and consent;\n(iii) where the notice has been issued as a result of a contravention of these regulations within section 206(1)(a) (removal, uprooting or destruction of tree in contravention of tree preservation regulations), the date of that breach, if not included in the notice; and\n(iv) where the notice has been issued as a result of a failure to replace a protected tree removed under the exception in section 206(1)(b) (dead or dangerous tree), the date of the alleged failure, if not included in the notice.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 20 in force at 6.4.2012, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 206(1) was amended by section 192(8) of, and paragraphs 7 and 11 of Schedule 8 to, the Planning Act 2008."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "For the meaning of “prescribed time” in section 206(1)(b), see regulation 25 below."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/605/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:39:11.355222+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."
}