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FOI request (FOIR-797465742)
TPO Protected Trees
Requested Wed 11 February 2026
Responded Mon 23 February 2026Please supply under EIR the following information for each year 2020 to 2025:
1. The total number of planning applications submitted for works on TPO protected trees.
2. The total number of planning applications submitted for works on TPO protected trees which attracted 5 or more public objections.
3. The number of TPO planning applications for felling submitted for works on TPO protected trees 4. The number of TPO planning applications for felling in a conservation area submitted for works on TPO protected trees
In your reply you state that "Our planning department have confirmed that information relating to felled trees and tree Preservation orders can be found on the planning portal by entering the title in the subject matter: https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https://www.hastings.gov.uk/planning/&c=E,1,1U6ReMHvWVWpDrQtMtxFLUFedNnvY62H8VC663aeUTEK7SdsSz9tbDsqhht3aNOZlksGBnslb8yzjiMLKAChcAo6nf0Q8BWo34ricZAYsJliLlMByg,,&typo=0"
I have been able to use the IDOX planning portal to obtain the information requested for question 1. Thanks Could you please explain and provide examples of how I can obtain information requested for question 2 to 4.
I cannot find a way to obtain information for qn 2 - works on tpo protected trees that attracted 5 or more objections.
I cannot find an accrate way of obtaining information for qn 3 - number of applications for felling submitted for works on TPO protected trees
I cannot find a way to obtain information for qn4 number of applications for felling submitted for works on TPO protected trees in a conservation area.
The planning department presented such statistics to the working arrangements group in December 2025 and must therefore either hold these statistics or have a method to obtain these results from an IDOX search.
Please provide these statistics or provide worked examples of how the search can be used to obtain such statistics.
Response
Please note: there is no collated information regarding these queries therefore you will need to use public access to obtain the requested information - https://www.hastings.gov.uk/planning/
Q1: This information is available to find viewing the public access and searching for the particular application type.
Q2: To find out how many applications we receive for felling trees in a given timeframe, you will need to select the time frame in the date fields and then select the application type TP. You will then need to review the comments for each application and count whether there were more than 5 or not.
Q3: Please follow advise in Q2 but this time add in the subject box the words felling or remove to narrow down the search to applications just pertaining to tree removal.
Q4: Manual search needed, following Q3 and then checking the officer report to see if the site is within a conservation area.
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