Privately owned trees

• Contact the Tree Advice Trust, a tree contractor or tree consultant about problems relating to privately owned trees or read our Frequently Asked Questions about trees
• If a privately owned tree is causing an obstruction or danger to pedestrians or vehicles using the public highway, call us on: 0118 974 6000 or email: highwayoperations@wokingham.gov.uk

Council owned trees

• For enquiries on protected trees and requests to undertake work to a protected tree, please contact us on: 0118 974 6000 or email: treesandlandscape@wokingham.gov.uk
• If you are a Council tenant and the tree is on your property, call us on 0118 974 6000 or email: housing@wokingham.gov.uk
• If the tree(s) are situated on a public open space, local park or play area, please contact the Parks and Open Spaces Team (via Wokingham Direct) on 0118 9746000 or email: parksandopenspaces@wokingham.gov.uk
• If the tree is in a council owned country park, nature reserve, or public right of way, call us on: 0118 934 2016 or email: countryside@wokingham.gov.uk

Dangerous trees

For emergencies relating to council-owned trees, please call 0118 9746000 during office hours (0830hr - 1700hr) or 0800 212111 outside of these times (including weekends). 

Please note that the Council is not responsible for making safe privately owned trees. For emergencies relating to privately owned trees, contact a local tree contractor.

The Council's policy is to only undertake work to trees on public land to in order to maintain public safety or the health of the tree. If a Council owned tree is considered by a Council tree officer to be hazardous to either people or property, then we will carry out the appropriate works to make the tree safe.

• Emergency requests i.e. dangerous or fallen trees deemed to be a hazard will be dealt with on the same day as reported, or next working day if reported out of normal business hours.
• Less urgent requests where an site visit and tree inspection/survey is required will be dealt within 20 working days. 

Tree pruning

We are unable to prune and/or remove trees unless they are causing a danger to pedestrians or vehicles. Landowners have the Common Law right to prune back any part of a tree which overhangs their property. It is the landowner’s responsibility to ensure that a tree is not protected in any way before carrying out any works.

Useful websites

• Arboricultural Association website
• The Tree Council 
• Wokingham District Veteran Tree Association 
• Institute of Chartered Foresters  

• International Society of Arboriculture website