Conservation, landscape & trees

300 year-old oak tree in Casitor St Edmund, chosen as the Council Chairman's Tree for 2005If you live in a Conservation Area - an area of historic or architectural interest - there may be some limitations to the kinds of work you can do to your property. The same applies if you own a Listed Building. These pages answer some of the most common questions we get about Conservation Areas and Listed Buildings, plus we've published some guidance on looking after trees and hedges, which include how to deal with high hedge problems.