Tree Preservation Orders: Polygons

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Tree Preservation Orders: Polygons
Parent Dataset Created
11/06/2021
Licence
Open
Contact
Improvement Service
Alternative Name
tpopol
Metadata Modified
29/04/2026
Last Updated
29/04/2026
Formats:
CSV WFS WMTS SHAPEFILE GEOJSON
tpo_ref site_name locality local_authority status confirmation_date tree_ref type species notes url la_s_code sh_date_uploaded
131 - Station Road, Dyce, Rear of 27-29 Aberdeen City - - - - - - - S12000033 2023-07-26Z
230 - Queen's Road, Kepplestone Mansion Aberdeen City - - - - - - - S12000033 2023-07-26Z
6 - - Aberdeen City - - - - Richmondhill House/Forestgait Old People's Home - - S12000033 2023-07-26Z
86 - - Aberdeen City - - - - 5/5a Riverside Terrace, Aberdeen - - S12000033 2023-07-26Z
230 - - Aberdeen City - - - - Kepplestone Mansion - - S12000033 2023-07-26Z
261 - - Aberdeen City - - - - Land South-west of Denwood, Woodend, Aberdeen - - S12000033 2023-07-26Z
66 - North Deeside Road, 56/58 North Deeside Road, Bieldside, Aberdeen Aberdeen City - - - - - - - S12000033 2023-07-26Z
88 - Carden Place, 32 Carden Place, Aberdeen Aberdeen City - - - - - - - S12000033 2023-07-26Z
83 - - Aberdeen City - - - - Bucksburn, Aberdeen - - S12000033 2023-07-26Z
2 - - Aberdeen City - - - - Summerhill, Aberdeen - - S12000033 2023-07-26Z
Attribute Info Description Specification
tpo_ref A reference for the TPO as defined by the LA Alpha numeric field. No standards as yet
site_name The name given to the TPO as defined by the LA Text name with capitals for first letter (max 100 characters) without area descriptor
locality Any other location information Text string
local_authority The LA/NP that supplied the data. Should use the exact name as it appears in the local authority sct register.
status The status of the TPO Yes, No, Provisional, Confirmed
confirm_date The date on which the TPO was confirmed In format: yyyy-mm-dd
tree_ref Individual trees covered by a TPO e.g. W1, T2, G3, etc.
type The type of TPO woodland, tree, group
species The predominant species of tree in the TPO Free text field
notes Any other descriptive information Free text field
la_s_code 9-digit alpha/numeric unique ID, beginning with S (for Scotland), for the geographical area of each LA/NP. Alphanumeric Text String. Auto-generated by Spatial Hub using current list from: https://statistics.gov.scot/resource?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fdata%2Fstandard-geography-code-register
sh_date_uploaded Date on which the data was provided to the Spatial Hub. Date. Auto-generated by Spatial Hub upon dataset registration. In format:yyyy-mm-dd
sh_src Unique reference assigned to the LA/NP upload file. Used for reporting any issues back to LA. Text String. Auto-generated by Spatial Hub upon dataset registration.
sh_src_id ID for each record per Spatial Hub upload. Used for reporting any issues back to LA/NP. Integer. Auto-generated by Spatial Hub upon dataset registration.
Format Last Updated
CSV 29/04/2026
WFS 29/04/2026
WMTS 29/04/2026
Shapefile 29/04/2026
GeoJSON 29/04/2026

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