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Tagged sycamore 4061 with sooty bark death

Reported via mobile in the Dead/diseased tree category anonymously at 16:40, Tuesday 25 March 2025

Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 7336944.

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During tree inspections to determine hazards threatening adjacent land, the PTI-qualified inspector reported that road-side Sycamore tagged 4061 is hazardous and recommended contacting landowner to advise tree coppiced to the base within 1 year.

Description of tree: ‘Located 0.5 m north of fenceline, overhanging lay-by northwest of Langley Park; Evidence of sooty bark disease staining on stems; Major deadwood present in crown as dead limbs and as dieback; Asymmetrical crown formation with bias over road.’ Photos of satellite location in context with Highways Extents map available on request.

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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 16:45, Tuesday 25 March 2025

  • Update

    The Highways Officer has attended the site and completed an inspection based on your report.

    As a result of this inspection, we plan to resolve the issue reported within 6-8 weeks.

    Thank you for taking the time to let us know, your reports alongside our Highways Safety Inspections are crucial to ensuring our network is safe for all residents and visitors.

    Regards
    Buckinghamshire Highways

    State changed to: Action scheduled

    Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 09:55, Wednesday 2 April 2025

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