Tree maintenance records for the area LN1 1LX - Find a freedom of information request

Request

DLG.360-472

Please provide copies of:- 

1. Tree maintenance records for the area LN1 1LX since 2010.

2. Confirmation of any other complaints or claims from residents regarding vegetation within a 2 mile radius of 9 Albert Crescent, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1LX since 2010.

3. Any technical or engineering evidence, reports or opinion obtained in respect of item 2 above.

4. Subsidence risk management plans for the area LN1 1**.

5. Details of and dates of any tree removal and the reasons for removal within a 2 mile radius of 9 Albert Crescent, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1LX since 2010.

6. Evidence of any recorded or reported hotspots or problem areas within a 2 mile radius of 69 Albert Crescent, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1LX.

Decision

1. Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) does not hold this information but it may be held by City of Lincoln Council as they manage the City highways trees

https://contact.lincoln.gov.uk/

2. Most highways complaints are logged as road maintenance in the first instance and LCC will have thousands of these since 2010, to find and collate this information would take longer than the 18 hours allowed under section 12(1) of the FOI Act 2000.

3. Any reports obtained as part of a legal claim are legally privileged

4. LCC do not have a subsidence management plan for this area.

5. LCC do not hold this information.

6. The actual number of claims is quite a small number over a long period.

Reference number
FOI 7089109
Date request received
14/06/23
Date of decision
04/08/23