THE TEEE8 AND WOODLANDS OF ESSEX 153
pruned, pollarded or felled without permission from the
County Planning Authority, but, needless to say, this
permission is readily given if there is just cause for felling
or pruning.
Under Section 28 of the 1917 Act, trees and woodlands
have been preserved throughout the county, and, up to the
present, 13,000 acres of woodlands, 120 scattered groups and
20 parkland areas, as well as 320 individual trees, have been
preserved. When a woodland is registered in this way, it
does not imply the retention of trees beyond maturity, but,
after felling, re-planting is obligatory, and the species to
be planted can be dictated by the County Council.
The preservation of groups and parkland areas is a very
satisfactory way of retaining the beauty of the countryside.
In these cases many trees are retained which would not merit
preservation as individual trees.