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Dead tree - causing a lot of danger

Reported via desktop in the Open spaces category anonymously at 12:28, Friday 26 July 2024

Sent to Buckinghamshire Council 5 days, 22 hours, 59 minutes later. FixMyStreet ref: 6279411.

Moved 30 years and the tree has never had anything done to it. Resident needs someone to have a look at the tree as it now throws chunks of wood and it is very dangerous and throws dead branches all over the garden. Recently 18 inches of the branch fell vertically into the lawn which could have killed someone if it had landed on them. This needs to be investigated as a matter of urgency.

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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. 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.

    Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 12:28, Friday 26 July 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 13:23, Friday 26 July 2024

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