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Hedge hanging over the highway
Reported via desktop in the Overhanging branch/tree category anonymously at 13:31, Monday 15 April 2024
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 5854755.
Hedge overhanging the highway, making access to narrow. Hedge requires cutting back.to the boundary of the highway,
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A Highway Officer will carry out an initial assessment of the tree, emergency issues will be corrected or made safe at the time of the inspection, if reasonably practicable to do so. In this context, making safe may constitute displaying warning notices, coning‐off or fencing‐off to protect the public from the tree or other suitable action.
If the inspection team cannot make safe the defect at the time of inspection, then they will instigate the relevant emergency call procedures to ensure appropriate resources are mobilised to make the tree safe. Not all Highway Officers are not qualified as tree experts and in some cases they may need to arrange for a tree surgeon to visit the site and carry out a survey on the tree which can take up to 12 weeks.
There may also be occasions when the issue reported will be classified as a minor defect and does not pose any risk to either the safety or the integrity of the highway, these are called minimum recording levels as specified in our Highways Safety Inspection Policy, in these cases no action will be taken.
We do not prune or remove council owned trees to improve natural light for a private property (including obstruction of solar panels). If you wish to carry out any work on a tree, you must first check the tree is not protected before any work is started. How to find out if a tree has a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) in Buckinghamshire.
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 13:31, Monday 15 April 2024
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We have attended the site plotted on the map but were unable locate any issues, as there was unfortunately not enough information in the report describing what the issue was.
All our roads and footways are subject to regular safety inspections, and if this is a safety issue we will pick it up during one of the inspections.
If, however, you feel this is urgent please rereport the issue providing as much information as possible to enable us to carry out an assessment or please call our Customer Service Centre on 0300 131 6000.
State changed to: Closed
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 08:29, Thursday 18 April 2024
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.