Outside 18 Hazell Park
Reported via desktop in the Dead/diseased tree category anonymously at 17:30, Friday 14 August 2026
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 9949866.
The council is responsible for the the first 3 feet of our front garden. Within that area is an Indian cherry tree which was planted by the council and which has died recently and needs replacing.. l.
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.
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 17:30, Friday 14 August 2026
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An order has been raised to repair the issue reported, this will be a permanent repair to be carried out as soon as possible. However, there are occasions when a temporary repair is carried out for safety reasons until such time as we can mobilise resources to make the repair permanent.
To ensure the highway network remains as safe as possible we will continue to carry out our regular Highways Safety Inspections which will include this issue until such times as the permanent repair is made
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 11:47, Monday 17 August 2026
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