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TPO Tree that has falling branches and immediate danger
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council 1 day, 6 minutes later. FixMyStreet ref: 7804638.
There is a TPO on a tall pine tree that is at the rear of the property on Copse Gate. The branch has previously fallen and a branch has broken trampoline and smashed through it and there is a risk of another heavy branch falling onto the driveway. Resident sent a letter to the tree department four months ago in February and is yet to hear a response. Please could she be contacted regarding this.
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.
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Update
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