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Within hedgerow adjacent to shared driveway of Nos. 6/8 Sheridan Close

Reported via mobile in the Open spaces category by Daniel MURKIN at 13:07, Tuesday 16 April 2024

Sent to Buckinghamshire Council 1 day, 20 hours, 25 minutes later. FixMyStreet ref: 5860234.

The Rowan (Mountain Ash) tree within the hedge has lost a limb in strong winds on 15 April. It is lop-sided but there is still growth on the remaining original limb and on a new branch which keeps it balanced. The tree needs to be inspected for safety as it adjoins a footpath and then either lopped or felled and maybe replaced? The Council have trimmed the hedge in the last two years.

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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 13:07, Tuesday 16 April 2024

  • Update

    We have reviewed the issue reported and have amended the category; this will ensure your report is directed to the most appropriate team at the council.

    State changed to: For Triage

    Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 09:27, Thursday 18 April 2024

    • This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.