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Trees needing attention

Reported via desktop in the Overgrown or obscuring view (NH) category anonymously at 12:46, Wednesday 3 July 2024

Sent to National Highways less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 6186371.

Eat Sussex Highways advise us this is for you. We are block management agents and a property we manage has a footpath running along the side of it, and trees ain the area, need reducing and cutting back.

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  • Thank you for your report concerning overgrown vegetation.

    We have a wide network of trees and vegetation to manage across the south of England and therefore with a limited budget we are required to concentrate our efforts on customer safety and tree health. Trees blocking sunlight, leaf fall, seeding or bird droppings are not included within these requirements.

    As part of our maintenance programme, we won’t cut back healthy trees or trees that aren’t deemed a safety risk. Only dead, damaged or trees that are considered a safety risk will be maintained as part of our maintenance survey inspections.

    However, should you choose to reduce any vegetation intruding onto your property, then legally you are entitled to reduce this vegetation within the boundary of your property without requiring permission.

    Should you have any safety concerns about vegetation which maybe on our land, then please contact us directly providing your name, address and pictures of any vegetation overhanging onto your property that you consider a safety risk. We’ll be able to look into this matter further.

    Our Customer Contact Centre is available 24 hours a day at:

    • 0300 123 5000

    • info@nationalhighways.co.uk

    Kind regards

    National Highways

    State changed to: Closed

    Posted by National Highways at 14:31, Monday 15 July 2024

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