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Mare Hill Common and Grayswood Common are
Council-owned countryside sites located in Witley and Haslemere
respectively.
The Council is duty-bound to ensure that trees under its’
responsibility do not present an undue risk to people and property.
This duty is discharged through the carrying out of regular formal
inspections of those Council-owned trees which have potential to
cause harm or damage in the event of failure.
The works included within this contract were identified during
formal inspections as being necessary to reduce the risk presented
by trees on these sites. Their completion will ensure that the
Council complies with its legal obligations in respect of tree risk
management.
The value of the contract will be fixed and it will be valid
between the months of October and April inclusive.

Reasons for the decision

To enable the Council to fulfil its’
legal obligation to manage, and if necessary reduce the risk to
people and property presented by Council-owned trees. These works
will protect the Council’s risk of litigation from
foreseeable tree failure.

Alternative options considered

To not carry out the tree safety works. If
this option were taken, there would be an increased risk of harm
being caused to people or property from foreseeable failure of
Council-owned trees on Mare Hill and Grayswood Commons. If tree
failure were to occur due to features which would have been
apparent at inspection, the Council would be exposed to the risk of
litigation for any harm or damage caused.