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Ongoing issue previous ref 9258362

Reported via desktop in the Overhanging branch/tree category anonymously at 16:23, Wednesday 8 April 2026

Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 9259365.

Please see input from previous query ref 9258362.

Thanks for answering second part of query.

Regarding the first part can you advise when this area is next due for routine inspection as I suspect that if/when it is inspected it will be raised for cutting back as all the nearby trees on the road have been cut back at some point and currently do not overhang driveways. Is there any means by which I can flag a concern prior to the next routine inspection? Am I able to pay the council to inspect the tree? Or am I able to get a private report from an arborist and if concerns regarding overhand safety are raised can I send this to the council so they can prioritise this issue?

Many thanks for your help

Updates

  • 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 16:23, Wednesday 8 April 2026

  • Permission has been granted to work on the highway tree, provided

    1. Checked there are not current Tree Preservation Orders.in place.

    2. A contractor who is accredited to work on the public highway, Section 171 licence.

    3. A contractor with a minimum of £10 million public liability insurance

    State changed to: Closed

    Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 11:55, Thursday 9 April 2026

This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.