Privacy notices - Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs)

TPOs are statutory designations served to protect important trees and woodlands.The Council is responsible for the serving and administration of Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997. The Act requires the Council to hold TPO files containing the Order, tree work applications and all associated correspondence.  A register of TPO’s and tree work applications is also maintained.

Your contact details are held in the TPO file.

Public Task – We require to process personal data to perform a specific task in the public interest that is set out in the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997
Legal Obligation - Article 6(1)(c) provides a lawful basis for processing where processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject.

• Access to personal data
• Rectification of personal data

Find out more about your rights

Following the serving of a TPO, the Council is required to advertise the Order for a period of 28 days. Information relating to the Order will remain available for a period of up to 6 months until either confirmed or revoked.  If confirmed, information relating to TPO’s are required by law to remain accessible.  Unless there is a request to see details of a TPO, your information will not be shared with anyone outwith the Council, or used for any other purpose. 

Unless the TPO is revoked, we will hold your information indefinitely.

Your information is not subject to automated decision making or profiling.

The data controller is The Highland Council

Data Protection Officer
Highland Council Headquarters
Glenurquhart Road
Inverness
IV3 5NX
01463 702029   

dpo@highland.gov.uk

If you are unhappy with the way we have processed your personal information you can contact the Information Commissioner:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 0303 123 1113
https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/