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Trees obscuring view of oncoming traffic

Reported via mobile in the Hedge problem category anonymously at 20:45, Thursday 4 June 2026

Sent to Wooburn and Bourne End Parish Council 18 hours, 39 minutes later. FixMyStreet ref: 9563867.

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When driving from the roundabout you cannot see if there are any vehicles coming because of the weeping willow and overgrown bush beyond it, until you've come off the roundabout. Please can these be cut back to improve visibility?

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 20:45, Thursday 4 June 2026

  • 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 07:33, Friday 5 June 2026

  • This has not been addressed yet and it is very dangerous not being able to see oncoming traffic.

    Posted anonymously at 10:18, Saturday 4 July 2026
    Still open, via questionnaire

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    This is still very dangerous, you cannot see oncoming traffic when coming from the roundabout.

    State changed to: Open

    Posted anonymously at 08:59, Sunday 19 July 2026

  • Still open, via questionnaire, 20:00, Saturday 1 August 2026

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