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Shootacre Lane, at its junction with the A4010 Wycombe Road
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 7744449.
Someone has made the following report [ref: 7743387], but has clearly placed the PIN at the wrong road junction. I know the five new trees being referred to, but do not know who is responsible for them. That the trees are dying is worth reporting if Buckinghamshire Council is responsible. “New trees planted, not watered and are dying. Someone has paid a lot of money for these trees and yet no watering plan seems to be in place. It is really sad that this is being allowed to happen. It’s bad for the environment and the tax payers pocket”.
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. 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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We have reviewed your report and are happy to inform you that a job has already been raised for this issue. Thank you for taking the time to let us know, because your reports alongside our Highways Inspections and night scouts (lighting) are crucial to ensuring our network is safe for all residents and visitors.
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