North Yorkshire Council (25 003 784)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Trees 25-Nov-2025

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s decision to remove a tree. This is because the Council has already provided a satisfactory remedy and there are no wider public interest issues that justify investigating.

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (25 016 156)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Trees 25-Nov-2025

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about damage caused by a Council tree. It is reasonable to expect Mr X to take court action.

North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council (25 009 188)

Statement Upheld Trees 21-Nov-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint that the Council pruned his hedge without telling him. We could not add to the investigation carried out by the Council.

Three Rivers District Council (25 009 652)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Trees 21-Nov-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint that the Council has refused to cut back trees. This is because there is insufficient evidence of fault.

Nottinghamshire County Council (25 009 513)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Trees 20-Nov-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint about the Council’s decision not to prune a tree close to her home. This is because there is insufficient evidence of fault.

Hastings Borough Council (25 009 766)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Trees 20-Nov-2025

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council redacting the complainant’s comments on an application for tree works, and about its handling of his associated complaint. There is insufficient evidence that fault by the Council has caused the complainant a significant personal injustice, and we will not pursue his concerns about the Council’s complaint process in isolation.

Cornwall Council (25 005 857)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Trees 19-Nov-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint about the Council’s decision to fell three trees. That is because there is not enough evidence of fault to justify our involvement.

Basildon Borough Council (25 010 154)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Trees 19-Nov-2025

Summary: We cannot investigate Miss X’s complaint about how the Council dealt with her concerns about a nuisance tree in a property it owns. This is because the law prevents us from investigating complaints about councils when they are acting as a social landlord.

Buckinghamshire Council (25 011 843)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Trees 19-Nov-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about damage to his property caused by Council owned trees. This is because it is reasonable to expect Mr X to take the matter to court to achieve the outcome he seeks.

Sevenoaks District Council (25 009 849)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Trees 18-Nov-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint about the Council’s decision to refuse or vary a Tree Preservation Order. This is because we have not found enough evidence of fault to investigate part of the complaint. And because Mrs X has exercised her appeal rights for the other part of her complaint.