Quercus robur fastigiata, as far as I recall, Pennyfarthing. Not sure what you want to know about it though - gets 60 feet eventually, but only about 15 feet wide, reasonable growth rate.

Thanks, Bamboo. It is a lovely tree and I suppose I was wondering whether it might warrant a TPO?

The local Morrisons has some lovely semi-mature plantings of it around the car park. Smashing tree!

Funnily enough, one of the local Netto's has Quercus frainetto planted around it. Someone with a sense of humour perhaps?

Unless the tree can been seen by the public in general it is unlikely you will get a TPO. Copy and paste the link to view the full 103 page document on TPOs.
http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/planningandbuilding/pdf/tposguide.pdf

I remember Bulbas father refusing to let them put a TPO on a tree in his garden... it is a very limiting stricture.

Pennyfarthing, contact the council to find out whether there's an tree preservation order - here in Ealing, the vast majority of trees have an Order - we even have to ask permission to change the height of privet hedges here, and generally we have to assume we're not allowed to remove any tree at all, even needing permission to have them pruned.

thanks, Bamboo. Yes, there may already be a TPO on it although they aren't that common round here. I will find out because I think the tree might be under threat.
Penny

While I sympathise with your desire to save a tree Penny do spare a thought for the onerous burden you might be placing on the shoulders of the poor owner.

I agree Scotsgran and... what has happened to Fractal?

I don't know.I have sent him a pm asking if he is well so hope he gets in touch.

Fractal sends his regards to everyone who is concerned that he has not been around for some time. He has been having computer problems but he will be back.

Hello Scotsgran,
This lovely tree stands on council land and was adjacent to a playing field which has been built over in the last 18months. It's now just over the fence from a couple of terraced houses with small back gardens and I can foresee a request to have it felled. My view is that the people knew the tree was there when they bought the house, but I know houses come before trees (sadly!). I probably won't do anything about a TPO as since I asked the question I've been told that it's almost impossible to get them for non-native trees and as it isn't privately owned the council will no doubt do whatever it wants to do!

I can understand how you feel. I am the recipient of just such a notice and believe me it has gone from the sublime to the ridiculous. I was told not to vandalise or damage any tree in my garden without first obtaining written permission from the Planning Department of our local council. I called the county arborist and asked him to visit and discuss my trees. I have a third of an acre of garden. He asked how many trees we had. I asked if that included young trees circa 6'. Absolutely. He was staggered when I told him 172. He came and saw and was amazed that anyone would be so stupid as to send us the notice we got. He told us as they were in a domestic garden but not in a conservation area we were at liberty to do what was necessary to look after the garden. I could not get that from him in writing. We are in a listed building and were knocking down another listed building which was dangerous. He said we would have to comply with the decision that we plant 3 forest trees and gave us a list of what he considered suitable. If you really feel the tree is in danger of having to be felled then I would love to see you approach the council with a view to having new young trees planted in a more suitable location. The sooner the better as they take a while to grow. People need homes but they will need trees too.

Thanks Scotsgran! Your situation does sound like burocracy gone mad. Thanks for the tip about replacement trees. I have my cudgels at the ready at the first whisper of impending destruction!