Agenda item

RESOLVED that the report notifying the receipt of the following petition be noted and the recommended actions for responding to them be endorsed:-

(a)       Containing the signatures of 4 signatories, in respect of the height of trees on Council property which are close to properties on Queens Gardens and Saville Court at Hoyland Common, Barnsley.

The trees were inspected on 9^th October 2020 and no imminent or developing health and safety concerns were identified.

The actions recommended are based solely on a maintenance programme.  The timescales for the recommended works identified in the Visual Tree Inspection reports are in line with those described in the Council’s Tree Risk Management Framework; in this instance the following recommended works should be completed within 6 months of the inspection date by 9^th April 2021.

The recommended works are as follows:

1         Formative prune of tree no.2; clearing low branches and branches extending over the boundary with the neighbouring properties.

2         Remove several branches from tree no.3 that will in time overhang the roof of a nearby property.

3         Remove low branches which are causing an obstruction to the grass cutting machinery.