Quote first on tree works planning applications
126,468 Tree Works applications on record across the UK
Sample Tree Works applications
- P/2025/0868WrexhamWORKS TO TREES PROTECTED BY TREE PRESERVATION ORDER WMBC 167
- 25/03017/TPOOxfordWorks to various trees as identified by Treetech in the Oxford City Council Horspath Driftway/Eastern Bypass (No.1) Tree Preservation Order 1994. T1 - Common Horse chestnut - Reduce low branches over parking areas both sides of tree by 2 metres, crown raise all round to 3.5 metres. Reduce building side by 1.5 metres to clear building and walkway. T2 - Common Horse chestnut - Crown raise all round to 3.5 metres. Reduce low over extended branches over roads by 2.5 metres to clear access.
- CRAZA25/27474/TCACravenWorks to tree in Skipton conservation area: Fell 1no. Cherry tree (T1)
Every tree works application is a job with a name and an address on it. A homeowner wants a protected oak reduced. A developer needs a row of limes removed before the groundworks start. A school wants its sycamores crowned back before the autumn storms. Each one goes on the council's planning register before a single quote is asked for, and that is your moment.
Planning Signal puts those applications in your inbox the day councils publish them. You see the site, the trees, the work proposed and the people behind it while the applicant is still choosing who to hire. You call first, you quote first and you win the job before it ever reaches a tender list.
Every council in your patch arrives in one daily email
We cover 400+ councils across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and hold 2.3 million planning applications, with more than 120,000 tree works applications on record. Planning Signal covers every kind of planning application, and this page shows you the tree work. Set your keywords and your areas once, then let the leads arrive each morning and fill your diary with work you found first.
What counts as a Tree Works application
A tree works application is any request to the council to fell, prune, reduce or otherwise work on trees the law protects. You receive each one with the description of the work, so you know the job before you pick up the phone.
Protected tree consents hand you a priced job
A TPO planning application asks consent to work on a tree covered by a tree preservation order. The description names the species, the work and the reasons: crown reduction, crown lifting, deadwood removal, pollarding or felling. That is a specification you price straight from the page, and a client who has already decided to spend.
Conservation area notices put a start date in your hands
Conservation area tree works start with a notice to the council, giving it six weeks to object. The owner has committed to the work and wants a contractor booked for the day the window closes. You arrive with a date and a price while others are still unaware the job exists.
Development schemes bring trees into bigger projects
New homes, extensions and commercial schemes carry tree surveys, arboricultural method statements, protective fencing and replacement planting. Each one means survey work for consultants, protection and removal for contractors, and new stock for nurseries and suppliers. One scheme feeds several trades.
Felling consents bring replanting work with them
Consent to fell arrives with a duty to replant. Every felling approval points to a replacement tree, a planting job and an aftercare contract you win alongside the removal. Read the decision status on each lead and you see exactly when that work is ready to book.
Who tracks Tree Works applications
Tree works applications land with the businesses that turn a description into a booked job. Each one reads the same lead and sees a different win.
Tree surgeons and arborists book the work first
Arborist planning leads give you the address, the species and the work before the owner has rung anyone. You call with a price and a date, and you take the job while others wait for word of mouth. Approved consents mean you start straight away.
Arboricultural consultants win the survey
Development schemes need tree surveys, impact assessments and method statements. You spot the application, contact the agent firm and secure the survey, the reports and the site supervision for the whole build.
Landscapers and grounds contractors take the replanting
Felling consent brings replacement planting. You quote for the new trees, the planting and the aftercare, and you keep the site for years of maintenance.
Builders and groundworkers plan round the trees
Tree works on a development site tell you the build is coming. You reach the applicant early and win the clearance, the protective fencing, the no-dig surfacing and the groundworks that follow.
Suppliers and nurseries fill their order books
Plant hire, chippers, stump grinders, replacement stock and tree protection products all follow these applications. You contact the contractors and owners first and land the order before it goes out for prices.
Architects and planning consultants use the same leads to see where clients are already investing in their sites, and to offer the design and planning work that comes next.
How Planning Signal helps with Tree Works applications
Leads sends you every new planning application that matches your keywords, in one email a day, the day councils publish them. Choose tree surgery planning terms such as TPO, fell, crown reduction or pollard, and run them nationwide or in the areas you work.
Every lead arrives ready to act on
Each lead carries:
- the planning reference, site address and council
- the description of the work and the application type
- key dates and decision status
- a link to the council's own record
- the applicant, agent firm and business contact wherever the council publishes them
Your areas are drawn the way you work
Cover up to 5 areas. Make each one a radius of up to 75 miles from a postcode or town, or take a whole council. Match your areas to your depots, your crews and the towns where you want more work.
Every job is tracked from first call to won
The lead pipeline records who you contacted, who you quoted and what you won, so no lead goes cold. You also get everything in Research: search, advanced filters and CSV export, so you work the full record of past applications in your patch and plan your next campaign.
Leads costs £49 + VAT a month. One won job covers it.
Free alerts keep every street in view
Anyone can get free email alerts for planning applications near an address, postcode, town or council. Homeowners, residents' groups and tree wardens use them to see works to trees planning applications on their own doorstep.
Frequently asked questions
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What do I do with a lead that shows no contact details?
Does a refused application still matter to me?
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