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Section 202E: Tree preservation regulations: compensation

Town and Country Planning Act 1990 · 1990 c. 8View on legislation.gov.uk

Part VIII: Special Controls — Chapter I: Trees

Tree preservation regulations may make provision for the payment of compensation—

where any consent required under tree preservation regulations is refused;
where any such consent is given subject to conditions;
where any approval required under such a condition is refused.

Tree preservation regulations may provide for entitlement conferred under subsection (1) to apply only in, or to apply except in, cases specified in tree preservation regulations.

Tree preservation regulations may provide for entitlement conferred by provision under subsection (1) to be subject to conditions, including conditions as to time limits.

Tree preservation regulations may, in relation to compensation under provision under subsection (1), make provision about—

who is to pay the compensation;
who is entitled to the compensation;
what the compensation is to be paid in respect of;
the amount, or calculation of, the compensation.

Tree preservation regulations may make provision about the procedure to be followed in connection with claiming any entitlement conferred by provision under subsection (1).

Tree preservation regulations may make provision for the determination of disputes about entitlement conferred by provision under subsection (1), including provision for and in connection with the referral of any such disputes to, and their determination by, the First-tier Tribunal or the Upper Tribunal.

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