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Check Tree Preservation Orders in Gedling

Planning tree work in the Gedling borough? Check whether Tree Preservation Order records may be near a property in Arnold, Carlton, Mapperley, Calverton and the surrounding area. Search available public data, then confirm with Gedling Borough Council.

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2 TPO zones nearby
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Conservation area
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How it works

How to check if a tree has a TPO.

  1. 01Search the postcode

    We find the location and plot every published TPO zone nearby on a map.

  2. 02Read the distance

    Zones are shown by distance, not yes or no. Anything within 100 m deserves a closer look.

  3. 03Confirm with the council

    Your Local Planning Authority has the final word. Get it in writing before work starts.

Reading a result

A blank result isn’t a clear one.

A Tree Preservation Order protects a named tree, group or woodland, and you need written consent before pruning, felling, topping, lopping or uprooting it. Every published TPO zone near your postcode is drawn on the map with its distance from the property.

Trees in a conservation area can be protected even where no TPO is shown, and council coverage of the national dataset is uneven — so your Local Planning Authority must confirm the status of any tree before work begins.

Checking TPOs in the Gedling borough

Gedling Borough Council is the Local Planning Authority for the area to the north-east of Nottingham, covering Arnold, Carlton, Mapperley, Calverton and nearby villages. It makes and holds the borough's Tree Preservation Orders.

Enter a postcode above for a first indication from available public data, then confirm with the council before any pruning, pollarding or felling.

Does Gedling publish its TPO records?

Not to the national dataset. At our July 2026 check, Gedling Borough Council had published no Tree Preservation Order records to planning.data.gov.uk, so an Arnold, Carlton or Mapperley search will normally come back empty here. That is a publishing gap — in a borough running from dense Nottingham suburbs up to Calverton, Burton Joyce and the reclaimed slopes of Gedling Country Park, the council's own register is where its orders actually live.

The national dataset lists 6 conservation areas for Gedling, fewer than most neighbouring boroughs, which makes individual TPOs — the very records not published nationally — carry more of the weight here. All the more reason to ask the council directly.

Turning a blank result into a record

With Gedling's register outside the national data and relatively few conservation areas to fall back on, a blank result carries very little information on its own.

The report says so for the specific address, checks conservation areas, Article 4 directions and listed buildings against it, and puts the TPO position and the council to approach in writing — dated, in one PDF.

Local planning authority

Who confirms tree protection here.

Relevant authority: Gedling Borough Council.

Search Gedling Borough Council's TPO register

Each council publishes its Tree Preservation Order data differently, and some hold records only in their own offices. Always check the official council sources and confirm with the Local Planning Authority before tree works.

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Property report

Need a record you can hand over?

Run a free check, then download a dated PDF report for the address — nearby TPOs plus conservation areas, Article 4 directions and listed buildings, ready to share with a tree surgeon, solicitor or the council.

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Common questions

Before you pick up the saw.

Who handles TPOs in Arnold and Carlton?

Gedling Borough Council is the Local Planning Authority for Arnold, Carlton, Mapperley, Calverton and the surrounding area, so it makes and holds the Tree Preservation Orders. Confirm any result with the council.

Could a Gedling tree be protected without a TPO?

Yes. Trees in a conservation area can be protected without a TPO, usually requiring written notice before work. Ask Gedling Borough Council about conservation area status as well as checking for a TPO.

Why does the checker find nothing in Arnold or Carlton?

Gedling Borough Council had not published its TPO records to the national dataset at our last check (July 2026), so there is nothing for the checker to search in the borough. A blank result is unknown, not unprotected — confirm with the council before carrying out tree works.