Tree maintenance
In most cases, hedges and trees growing next to public roads and footpaths are the responsibility of the adjacent landowner.
You're entitled to cut branches overhanging your property, but you can't reclaim any costs of doing that.
When you report a tree that's causing a danger or an obstruction, we'll carry out an inspection. If we find a problem, we'll either:
- contact the landowner, asking them to arrange for their hedges/trees to be pruned
- if trees or hedges are ours, we'll arrange the necessary work.
Additional tree planting locations
We try to re-plant street trees when they're removed due to safety concerns. We also consider requests to plant trees in new locations within highway verges and streets. Our tree planting programme runs annually, typically from October to March.
We'll consider suggestions for planting in the next winter season but we can't guarantee that each suggestion will be successful.
Removing trees
We try to check the trees we're responsible for every 3 years.
We remove trees that pose a risk to people and property. We remove the stumps separately, normally 1 month after we removed the tree.
Sometimes we remove trees if they cause an obstruction, damage or affect visibility.
Where possible, we'll plant a new tree in approximately the same position. That's usually in the winter.
Report a tree problem