Investigating
Alleyway between Barnfield and Iver High Street
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council 1 week, 2 days, 3 hours, 54 minutes later. FixMyStreet ref: 6435016.
Public footpath between Barnfield and Iver High Street Reported via desktop in the Weed problem on the highway category anonymously at 10:39, Wednesday 14 August 2024
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 6354370.
This whole alleyway is a mess, litter, weeds overgrown and obstructive, trees from the school overhanging halfway across the access path making it difficult to pass, dead rat seen previously, dumping ground for grass cuttings and trees. Given its proximity to the nursery and the school access it really is a danger to the public.
Updates
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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.
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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.
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This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.