Maintaining roads

I have received a letter or notice about my tree

S154(2) response

"*" indicates required fields

Dangerous tree letter or markings

If you have received a letter or notice from us in the post or seen a letter or notice attached to your tree, please complete the form below to confirm to us if you are or are not the owner of the tree(s) and that you will be taking action. If you need further information or support to deal with your tree(s), let us know and one of the team will contact you.

Reference Number*

Confirmation of Land Ownership*

I am the landowner or occupier of the land in question and any tree(s) and hedges are therefore my responsibility. I am aware of and understand my legal duty to ensure that the trees and hedges do not cause danger to users of the nearby public highway.

I have checked my property deeds and I am not the landowner or occupier of the land in question and the tree(s) and hedges are therefore not my responsibility.

Next steps

I will organise the remedial treatment suggested by the County Council and will provide the County Council with confirmation when the work has been done.

I have engaged a suitably qualified person to inspect my trees and enclose a copy of their report. I will follow their recommendations for remedial work and management of my trees and hedges and will provide the County Council with confirmation when the work has been done.

I enclose evidence to confirm I am not the legal owner or occupier (e.g. copy of title deed plan)*

Max. file size: 40 MB.

I have this information which may assist the County Council to identify the landowner or occupier of this land

Max. file size: 40 MB.

I anticipate the works to be completed by*

Copy of report*

Max. file size: 40 MB.

Name*

First Last

Address*

Street Address Town Postcode

Email*

Phone*

If you are unsure what you need to do next or need some further advice or support to facilitate the works to keep your trees/hedges in a safe condition, tell us about that here and one of the team will give you a call.

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If your tree has been marked with a cross or circle, you will need to phone the number on the notice attached to the tree. If no notice is attached, phone 01392 385084 (option 1)

A circle means that remedial work is needed, such as removing a branch.
A cross means that the tree has been marked to be felled.
Two circles mean that remedial work is needed immediately.
Two crosses mean that the tree has been identified as imminently dangerous and needs to be felled immediately.

Carrying out work on your tree

It is good practice to employ a specialist qualified contractor to carry out the work. Work on the highway should be carried out safely and by surgeons qualified to work in accordance with the recommendations in Chapter 8 of the Traffic Signs Manual.

The person responsible for the work, or their contractor, should have public liability insurance cover for working on the highway for a value of £5 million. Read our information for landowners for more details.

Privacy

For information about how we will handle the data collected in this form please see our privacy notice for tree safety.