Start with location
The planning tree survey areas are organised so you can move from region to the relevant council context quickly.
183 council / LPA areasPlanning tree survey areas are grouped here for Greater London, the South East, South West, Home Counties, East Anglia and the southern Midlands. Each page identifies the council context and links into the full BS5837 planning service sequence. The planning tree survey areas are designed to make the correct local route easier to find.
Use these planning tree survey areas to find the relevant council context. If a National Park or other special planning authority is shown on your live application, use that authority's wording. These planning tree survey areas are a regional starting point, not a substitute for the actual application record. You can also check the current Local Planning Authority on the Planning Portal ↗.
Use the planning tree survey areas to move from the regional index to the relevant authority context before commissioning work.
The planning tree survey areas are organised so you can move from region to the relevant council context quickly.
Use the planning tree survey areas alongside the authority shown on the live application or validation request.
Across the planning tree survey areas, the exact council wording is more useful than guessing which report name applies.
For projects spanning several planning tree survey areas, keep survey, AIA, AMS and TPP stages aligned with the current design.
The planning tree survey areas connect directly to the dedicated BS5837 service pages for the next technical stage.
Where a National Park or other special authority overlaps the planning tree survey areas, follow the authority on the live application.
Each of the planning tree survey areas keeps the council and regional context visible without pretending every application needs the same documents.
The planning tree survey areas are a practical route into the correct local page, not a substitute for current planning correspondence.
Send the site postcode and council wording. These planning tree survey areas help identify the regional route, and we can confirm the survey/report route from the information you already have.