Outside flats 60 A and 60B Mandeville road by the roadside.
Reported via mobile in the Hedge problem category anonymously at 19:09, Wed 3 September 2025
Sent to Aylesbury Town Council 2 days, 20 hours, 17 minutes later. FixMyStreet ref: 8115537.
This very tall tree has dying branches overhanging the path and road. In windy weather it looks like it could go over. It has never been pollarded to my knowledge, unlike the trees nextdoor. I believe the owner responsible for the overgrown hedge and tree lived at number 60B but has the flat for sale at the moment and does not live there. In my opinion it is dangerous in this condition.
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 19:10, Wed 3 September 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 11:26, Fri 5 September 2025
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.