ChatterBank0 min ago
Council owned tree
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I'm asking this question for my sister
Outside her house, on the pavement, is a council owned sycamore tree that is over hanging the pavement and into her front garden. It has also damaged her wall and lifted some of the block paving on the drive. Three years ago she complained to the Council about it impinging upon her property and she received a letter in which they stated they would 'crown' the tree in the next financial year as the budget had been spent.So far this has not been carried it out even after numerous phone calls. She knows she can chop off the branches hanging over her property but this could cause the tree to be lop sided and possibly unstable. What are her rights and what she should do?
Outside her house, on the pavement, is a council owned sycamore tree that is over hanging the pavement and into her front garden. It has also damaged her wall and lifted some of the block paving on the drive. Three years ago she complained to the Council about it impinging upon her property and she received a letter in which they stated they would 'crown' the tree in the next financial year as the budget had been spent.So far this has not been carried it out even after numerous phone calls. She knows she can chop off the branches hanging over her property but this could cause the tree to be lop sided and possibly unstable. What are her rights and what she should do?
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The answer provided to you by Buildersmate (see above) is the most relevant and certainly the most sensible, but there is one further option: you can complain to your locally elected Councillor, who should, if (s)he is worth their "salt", make some representation on your behalf to the Council concerned. If that fails, you can make an insurance claim against the Council (which should cost you nothing) for the damage done to the property. Simply to "threaten" the Council with this type of action usually spurs them into doing something positive. Good luck !
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