Outside 127 Penn Road
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council 22 minutes later. FixMyStreet ref: 8108200.
URGENT URGENT
A significant tree branch has fallen onto the road by the layby on Penn Road (next to the golf course). It has now been moved onto the pavement outside 125 & 127 Penn Road. So this needs to be removed.
Also, the branches of this tree are sagging extremely low over my hedge (I have attached photos). I am very worried that 1. This tree may fall (it is very large) and 2. This is a major hazed for lorries / double decker busses coming up and down the road.
This tree needs to be cut down/trimmed as a matter of urgency.
I have informed you of this before (a few years back) but no action was taken. I am going to ring the emergency number as well.
Can you please look into this and come back to me.
Many thanks, Nik Mediratta (127 Penn Rd) 07815 073653
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.
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Category changed from ‘Overhanging branch/tree’ to ‘Emergency Road/Footway - Fallen tree causing an obstruction’
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