|
|
||
|
|
Advanced Search > | ||
|
You are here: Home > Environment and Planning > Land and premises > Conservation > Trees & landscapes > Highway and Street Trees Highway and Street Trees
East Sussex County Council as the Highway Authority is responsible for trees and shrubs located on land owned by them. This usually relates to trees within the highway boundary (inclusive of street trees) and on land adjacent to the highway but not to trees located on private land. Contact UsTel: 01273 484438 , Minicom: 01273 484488, Email: daniel.wynn@lewes.gov.ukYou can visit us at: Southover House, Southover Road, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1AB Maps: Maps of the Lewes District Read More...
Generally, there is an obligation to maintain a reasonable clearance above the road. This usually means 2.5m above a footway and 5.5m above a vehicular carriageway. Contact: Telephone 0845 60 80 193 Relevant Documents
The following PDF document goes to Section 154 of the Highways Act 1980 Useful Links
The following external link goes to East Sussex County Council's Trees and woodland strategy
|
|
||||
|
Privacy Policy | Copyright | Disclaimer |
||||||
Videos
However, where a hedge, tree or shrub overhangs a highway or any other road or footpath to which the public has access so as to endanger or obstruct the passage of vehicles or pedestrians, or obstructs or interferes with the view of drivers of vehicles or the light from a public lamp, [or overhangs a highway so as to endanger or obstruct the passage of horse-riders,] the County Council’s Highway Authority may, by notice either to the owner of the hedge, tree or shrub or to the occupier of the land on which it is growing, require him within 14 days from the date of service of the notice so to lop or cut it as to remove the cause of the danger, obstruction or interference.
