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Pink Road, between the Pink & Lily and the staggered junction [at Peters Lane, Bryants Bottom Road]
Reported via iOS in the Other tree issue category anonymously at 07:21, Sunday 6 July 2025
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 7814887.
A strip approximately 100 metres in length, either side of a 5 bar gate, adjacent to Pink Road and former Monkton Wood, has been recently excavated to a depth of approximately 1 foot, for reasons unknown. First noticed approximately 2 weeks ago. This seems to be highly anomalous and concerning [as is the presence of visible equipment & structures nearby in the woodland].
The location is the boundary of a parcel of woodland, signposted “Princes Wood” according to the 5 bar gate.
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.
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 07:22, Sunday 6 July 2025
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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.
State changed to: For Triage
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 09:47, Tuesday 8 July 2025
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Update
The issue reported has been forwarded to the Planning Enforcement Team at Buckinghamshire Council.
State changed to: Internal referral
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 14:20, Tuesday 8 July 2025
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.