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Planned System Maintenance - Limited Service

Sunderland City Council will be carrying out planned system maintenance from 12 noon on Friday 5th June until 7am on Tuesday 9th June. During this period, we will only be able to respond to urgent enquiries. If your enquiry is not urgent, please contact us before or after these times when full services will be available. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding.

Maintenance of shrubs and hedges

We are responsible for the maintenance of shrubs and hedges in public areas. Shrub maintenance takes place throughout the winter months and hedge pruning outside of nesting season, which begins on March 1st and runs through to July 31st. This however is a guideline, and it can be assumed that birds will nest both before and after this period.  

If you need to request the maintenance of shrubs and hedges, please click on the report button below. Our Local Services Team will consider your request and update it with the relevant action to be taken. We will only take additional requests if shrubs and hedges are causing a nuisance or obstruction. 

Report maintenance of shrubs and hedges