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Tree leaning dangerously over allotment

Reported via mobile in the Trees damaging private property category anonymously at 08:44, Monday 27 January 2025

Sent to Northumberland County Council 1 minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 7037308.

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This is the 4th time I have reported this tree. It is growing alongside the Waggonway in Wylam, and leans at least 4m over the back of my allotment. The branches are dangerously close to my shed, and if the tree were to fall, it would injure anyone below. The photos show the unnatural angle of the trunk. I have previously been informed that the tree is the responsibility of the Parish Council...they deny this. Please fell this tree ASAP, before this year's new growth makes the problem worse. The What3words location is: quaking.galloped.dollar

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  • Thank you for 'Reporting a Problem'. This information has been forwarded to the Tree & Woodland Officer. For more information follow https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/ Highways/ Report-a-tree-issue.aspx

    Posted by Northumberland County Council at 08:44, Monday 27 January 2025

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    Not only has there been no response to the problem...this questionnaire is the first communication I have had from the council this time (I've now reported the same problem 4 times over the past 2 years).

    Posted anonymously at 09:35, Monday 24 February 2025
    Still open, via questionnaire

  • There has been no action, and no contact from the council!

    Posted anonymously at 17:41, Monday 24 March 2025
    Still open, via questionnaire

  • I finally have an appointment with the person responsible for tree management, to view the offending tree..... but it is now about 2 years since I first reported this problem.

    Posted anonymously at 18:56, Monday 21 April 2025
    Still open, via questionnaire

  • The tree officer has been to see the tree, which he says can be pruned back to the boundary of my allotment. He has just now added my name to a waiting list he says might be 2 years long. But I have already waited 2 years!!! ...and trees grow all the time!!

    Posted anonymously at 22:31, Monday 19 May 2025
    Still open, via questionnaire

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