Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
preservation order
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Indeed, listing is in essence a collective preservation order.
▪ Penryn itself is unspoilt, and its old and narrow streets are under a preservation order.
▪ The tree preservation order will be extended to cover hedgerows.
▪ Those particular flats have a preservation order on them.
▪ Tree felling: Trees near a house in Hawkswood could be felled despite a tree preservation order.
▪ With that, the council slapped a preservation order on it.
Usage examples of "preservation order".
My husband and I applied for permission to take the top out of the tree, but this was refused as it had a preservation order on it.
She used up a few favours getting it fixed - Kings Cross became the primary Northern European transit hub instead of the Gard du Nord and Ming got a preservation order on her home plus a grant for restoration, high-pressure water cannons blasting decades of grime off the concrete walkways.