{"id":10837,"date":"2021-07-26T09:33:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T08:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roadsandtransport\/?page_id=10837"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:46:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:46:58","slug":"report-overgrown-trees-and-vegetation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/report-a-problem\/report-overgrown-trees-and-vegetation\/","title":{"rendered":"Report overgrown trees and vegetation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Landowners are responsible for making sure that any vegetation, on their land, does not overgrow and cause an obstruction on the highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"267\" height=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/160\/2021\/03\/overgrown-tree.png\" alt=\"An overgrown tree blocking a footpath\" class=\"wp-image-9978\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Vegetation and trees that might do this are usually on private land and, if this is the case, we will write to the landowner and ask that they take action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the tree is the responsibility of Devon County Council we will carry out the work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to report overgrown trees and vegetation because you are concerned that a tree has grown into a footpath, over a road, or is blocking a streetlight, we can assess the location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Before you start<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please refer to our approach to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/maintaining-roads\/trees-and-vegetation-2\/overgrown-vegetation\/\">obstructive vegetation<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/maintaining-roads\/trees-and-vegetation-2\/information-for-landowners\/\">advice to landowners<\/a> before reporting. If you are\u00a0reporting an emergency that is very likely to present an imminent threat to life or serious injury or serious damage to property please instead call us on\u00a0<a href=\"tel:03451551004\">0345 155 1004<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you are using the map, if you can see that the overgrown tree or vegetation you plan to report is already there, please use the option to \u2018Add me to this overgrown vegetation\u2019 instead of creating a duplicate report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-dcc-primary-button\"><a onclick=\"dataLayer.push({&apos;buttonEvent&apos;: &apos;Information page&apos;});\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/report-a-problem\/map\/map_src\/veg\/\">Start now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Landowners are responsible for making sure that any vegetation, on their land, does not overgrow and cause an obstruction on the highway. Vegetation and trees that might do this are usually on private land and, if this is the case, we will write to the landowner and ask that they take action. When the tree [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":15599,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-10837","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 10:30:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10837"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26202,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10837\/revisions\/26202"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}