Identification

Title

Tree Preservation Orders

Alternative title(s)

PL_TPO_Tree_Individual

PL_TPO_Tree_Area

PL_TPO_Tree_Group

PL_TPO_Tree_Woodland

Abstract

This dataset identifies the Tree Preservation Orders in the Borough of Watford. It contains orders served on individual trees, groups of trees, areas of trees or woodlands. A Tree Preservation Order (TPO) is an order made by the local planning authority (LPA) in respect of trees or woodlands. The principal effect of a TPO is to prohibit the: cutting down, uprooting, topping, lopping, wilful damage, or wilful destruction of trees without the LPA's consent. They are used to protect trees and woodlands if their removal or changes to them would have a significant impact on the local environment and its enjoyment by the public. As the LPA, Watford Borough Council has powers under provisions in the 1990 Town and Country Planning Act and the Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation)(England) Regulations 2012, to make Tree Preservation Orders. The Law requires that written consent must be given by the Local Planning Authority before any work to a protected tree is undertaken. In addition to TPO controls trees which are a within Conservation Area have similar protection and a notice of intended work needs to be submitted to the Local Planning Authority before undertaking work to them.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://inspire.misoportal.com/geoserver/watford_borough_council_treepreservationorders/wms?request=getCapabilities

name: INSPIRE View Service

function: information

http://misoportal.com/portal/api/request-licenced-data/1244

name: INSPIRE Download Service

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

WBC:004_TPO

codeSpace

unknown

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Land cover

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

TreePreservationOrder

TPO

Conservation

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-0.430230860584337

East bounding longitude

-0.379665125699023

North bounding latitude

51.6956451012733

South bounding latitude

51.6448694464404

Vertical extent information

Minimum value

0.00

Maximum value

0.01

Coordinate reference system

authority code

code identifying the coordinate reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/5701

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2012-09-01

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

Created by Watford Borough Council. Original data captured in 2012. Digitised using Ordnance Survey Mastermap basemap. Information was sourced from original TPO Orders and Schedules. Some orders were georeferenced, and some measured during data capture. Aerial photography was also referenced.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2012-09-01

degree

true

explanation

Data digitised to internal GIS data standard

Data format

name of format

ESRI ArcSDE Feature Class, ESRI Shapefile

version of format

10.1

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/public-sector/mapping-agreements/inspire-licence.html

Constraint set

Use constraints

Public Sector End User Licence - INSPIRE

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Arboricultural Officer

organisation name

Watford Borough Council (Maintained by Veolia Environmental Services (UK))

email address

strategy@watford.gov.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Corporate GIS Specialist

organisation name

Watford Borough Council

email address

corporategis@watford.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2015-03-19T14:44:06

Metadata language