Planning consideration

Ancient and veteran trees

A tree that is of interest biologically, culturally or aesthetically because of its age, size or condition

Work on this has been paused

Data is available only under non-commercial licence

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• Design stage: Backlog
• Tags:
  • footnote 7
  • local plan
  • constraint
  • environmental
  • policies map
  • licensing restriction

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• Github: Join the discussion
• Synonyms:
  • Veteran trees
• Legislation:
  Natural England, Forestry Commission
• Expected number of records: Unknown
• Frequency of updates: Unknown
• Useful links:
  • Ancient and veteran tree guidance
• Technical specification: No specification added

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Background information

Each planning consideration we work on passes through the stages of our design process, where we research and answer specific questions to help us collect more information.

Backlog

• Who asked for 'Ancient and veteran trees' data?

  Drew Hardy

• What is the driver for the request?

  Existing planning requirement

• Which 2024 focus area does the request support?

  • Modern planning software
  • Faster local plans
  • Other

Screen

• What is the 'Ancient and veteran trees' consideration?

• Is there legislation that defines 'Ancient and veteran trees'?

• Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Ancient and veteran trees'?

• Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

• Is the Ancient and veteran trees a trigger?

• Is the Ancient and veteran trees something to consult during plan making?

• Is there any Ancient and veteran trees data already available?

• Do we think the data should come from a single source?

• Will a data standard be required?

Research

• Do we understand the lifecycle of a Ancient and veteran trees?

• Do we understand how the data is created/produced?

• Where will or should the data be used?

• What other planning considerations does it interact with?

  • Local plans - Veteran trees are occasionally referenced in local plans, so we think that this consideration feeds into the process of creating a local plan.

• Who are the statutory consultees for Ancient and veteran trees?

• Other than the statutory consultees who are the primary users of Ancient and veteran trees? How do we expect them to use Ancient and veteran trees?

• What are the planning needs for this data?

• Who are the types of users who might benefit from having access to Ancient and veteran trees data?

• What are some potential uses of Ancient and veteran trees data?

• What's the value of adding Ancient and veteran trees data to the platform?

• From what we have learnt so far are there any risks to making Ancient and veteran trees data available?

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1 update

• Kieran Wint (05 September 2024)

  As per some research we did, summarised in this blog on an analysis of local plans and local area requirements, we're confident that this consideration acts as an INPUT to the process of creating a local plan.

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Last updated: 2025-06-05 07:28:28