The council will not remove trees without careful consideration.
Under certain circumstances trees may be removed:
- for health and safety reasons
- in response to nuisances covered by UK law, for example trees blocking highways
- in response to proven cases of building subsidence
- where the outcome will be advantageous to the tree stock
- in accordance with good arboricultural practice
The council will where possible notify the public of its intention to remove trees by publishing a list of proposed removals on this website or by putting a notice on the tree at least 10 working days before the removal date.
Exceptions to this are:
- trees that have become dangerous and need to be removed urgently
- young trees that have failed to establish properly and have died
- trees that are dead
Please note that tree stumps are removed by a specialist team who will attend to the stump within six weeks.