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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 get sent back
“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.
What a council needs is something it can write into a condition and later check: where the fencing goes, at what radius, when it goes up, who supervises it, what is allowed inside it, and which stages need an arborist on site.
What you get
- A scaled plan showing each retained tree with its Notional Root Zone, its Structural Root Zone, and the Tree Protection Zone applied on site
- 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 plan on its own only helps if someone checks the site against it. Where the permit conditions require attendance, or where the site is tight enough to warrant it, I pair the plan with project arborist attendance at the hold points.
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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A fixed fee in writing within one business day, with the scope set out so you know what is included. If it turns out you do not need this report, I will tell you that instead.