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Health & Safety Issue

Reported via mobile in the Other tree issue category anonymously at 14:47, Sat 20 April 2024

Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 5878287.

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A large section of a tree has fallen. Location is close to a pathsay. Cause not observed.

Updates

  • 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 14:47, Sat 20 April 2024

  • Update

    We have now inspected/assessed your enquiry, according to our records the maintenance for this area falls within the remit of the local housing trust.

    To assist you in progressing this enquiry, below are some of the housing associations who are responsible for the maintenance of the land in their area.

    Fairhive (Aylesbury area)..
    Telephone: 01296 732600
    Email: contact@fairhive.co.uk

    Redkite housing.
    Tel:01494 476100
    Email: repairs@redkitehousing.org.uk

    Paradigm Housing.
    Tel: 0300 303 1010, option 2
    Email:customerservices.repairs@paradigmhousing.co.uk

    London Quadrant.
    Tel:0300 456 9996
    Email: lqdirect@lqgroup.org.uk

    Guinness Trust.
    Tel: 0303 123 1890

    State changed to: not the council's responsibility

    Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 10:54, Mon 22 April 2024

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