Street trees

Hounslow Highways is responsible for the management and maintenance of approximately 12,340 street trees on the public highway, on behalf of the Council. If you would like to find out more information about how we manage the borough’s street trees, please find Hounslow Highways’ Tree Strategy here.

We undertake a survey of the borough’s street trees once every three years. The schedule, which is arranged by ward, can be seen here. Please find some of our most frequently asked questions at the bottom of this page.

Tree Management

Hounslow Highways prunes trees for health and safety reasons, and from recommendations made following the tree survey.

We do not prune or remove trees for the following reasons:

Interference with satellite, TV or media reception
Touching telephone wires
Falling leaves, fruit, pollen, honey dew or bird fouling
Where a tree is considered to be too large
Obstruction of view
Lack of/too much light
Because someone is willing to pay
The perceived risk that a tree may damage a building

However, if you have a query that is not addressed by the above information, please report the issue via FixMyStreet here.

Lime trees tend to produce epicormic growth at their base during the summer months. Epicormic growth consists of growth shoots from the bottom of trees. This can begin to obstruct public highways or footways, so we remove this growth from street trees twice a year, during May to June and then from September to October. A list of lime trees on this programme can be found by clicking here.

Hounslow Highways does not maintain trees on Housing-owned land or in parks. For more information on trees in these areas, please visit the Hounslow Council’s website.

Please find Hounslow Highways’ Street Tree Planting List 2023 – 2024 by clicking here. The list includes 442 trees planted during the tree planting season, which runs from November to March of each year.

If you see a newly planted tree in your street, we would love for you to get involved and water the tree, as that will help it establish better. If you would like to find out more information about how you can get involved in watering the street trees, please click here to find details of Hounslow Highways’ Tree Watering Initiative.

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