Highway/street tree felling consultations (Duty to Consult)

Highway/street trees occasionally need to be cut down (felled), this can be for several reasons.

The council will only consider removing the highway/street trees if there are no long-term engineering or tree management solutions available as an alternative to removing the tree.

Before removing a highway or street tree, we must hold a consultation to let residents know about the proposal to remove it. This is called Duty to Consult.

You can find out more about which types of trees the Duty to Consult applies to.

The Duty to Consult on felling street/highways trees has been introduced to make sure local people can give their views on the proposed management of street/highway trees in their local area.

How to have your say

We will put a public notice on the tree and on our website to let you know about the proposal and consultation.

View the public notices.

You can comment on the consultation by Consultation-Trees@sunderland.gov.uk. In your email please include:

• the tree reference number
• your comments
• your contact details if you'd like us to contact you

You must submit any comment within 28 days from the date of the notice.

Read more about our tree maintenance.