Trees in conservation areas
Information about trees in Conservation Areas.
Ways To Apply:
Please click the link in the text below for a 1APP form to give notification of works to trees in a Conservation Area.
Contact Details:
Address: Trees Team,
Open Spaces Team,
Southampton City Council,
Ground Floor, Civic Centre,
Southampton
Postcode: SO14 7NG
Telephone: 0800 5 19 19 19
Minicom: 023 8083 2789
Email: trees@southampton.gov.uk
Fax: 023 8023 1384
Details of service:
A conservation area is an area of special historical or architectural interest that the Council intend to preserve or enhance. Within a conservation area, the Council has extra controls over a number of factors including the protection of trees.
Southampton has 20 conservation areas spread across the city, all of varying sizes. Only trees with a trunk diameter greater than 75mm at 1.5 m above ground level are protected.
If you wish to carry out work on a tree in a conservation area you need to give six weeks written notification of intent to carry out the works. This allows time for a tree officer to visit the site and make an assessment of whether the work is appropriate. Pruning a tree without giving six weeks notice can lead to prosecution and a fine of up to £2,500. Destroying a tree without giving six weeks notice can lead to a fine of up to £20,000.
Find out if a tree is situated within a Conservation Area by completing the online form or, call Actionline or email the Trees team. A 1APP notification form can be printed or can be completed online.
Guidance notes about making a tree works notification can be viewed and printed. Notes about making a tree works notification online are also available to view and print.
In certain situations a tree preservation order may be placed on a tree within a conservation area to prevent works being carried out.
Last updated: 2 October 2008
