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Tree Protection Management Plans
The documents that replaced the old tree management plan under AS 4970:2025. A Tree Protection Plan showing what is protected and where, and Tree Protection Specifications setting out exactly what happens inside those zones.
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Why generic protection notes fail
“Standard tree protection measures to be implemented in accordance with AS 4970” tells a planner nothing they can condition and a site foreman nothing they can follow. It is the single most common weak point in an otherwise sound report.
The bar is specific enough to be enforced. Where the fencing goes, at what radius, when it goes up, who supervises, what may and may not happen inside it, and what the hold points are.
What you get
- A scaled plan showing each retained tree with its NRZ, SRZ and the TPZ actually applied
- Fencing type, position and installation timing, tied to the construction programme
- Ground protection where incursion is unavoidable, specified to a product and a depth
- Permitted and prohibited activities within each zone, in plain language a site crew can follow
- Hold points requiring arborist attendance and sign-off
- Excavation methodology where services or footings encroach
- Signage and site induction content
The 2025 restructure
Under the previous standard this was typically a single Tree Management Plan. AS 4970:2025 separates it into a Tree Protection Plan and Tree Protection Specifications, alongside the staged reporting sequence. If your council checklist still asks for a TPMP, you will get a document that satisfies that request and is structured to the current standard.
It works better with supervision attached
A protection plan nobody enforces is just paperwork. Where the permit conditions require it, or where the site warrants it, pairing the plan with project arborist attendance at the hold points is what turns it into an outcome.
Common questions
Is a Tree Protection Plan the same as a Tree Management Plan?
Broadly it replaces it. AS 4970:2025 separates the single management plan into a Tree Protection Plan and Tree Protection Specifications. Where a council checklist still asks for a TPMP, the documents supplied satisfy that request.
Do I need one if I already have an impact assessment?
Usually yes. The impact assessment establishes what happens to each tree; the protection plan sets out how the retained ones are actually protected during construction. Councils commonly condition the second on the strength of the first.
Can you prepare one for a site someone else assessed?
Yes, though I will need to inspect the trees myself before putting my name to protection measures for them.
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