Worcestershire County Council is asking homeowners to prevent their hedges and trees becoming a safety issue on roads and pavements next to their properties.
The owner or occupier of a property is legally responsible for ensuring adjacent roads and pavements are not obstructed by vegetation.
Although the Highways Act 1980 does not specify measurements for the overhanging vegetation, the requirements are:
• For pedestrian areas, cut back to the boundary and a minimum headroom of 2.3 metres.
• For the carriageway and an area immediately adjacent to it, the requirement is to cut half a metre back from the boundary and a minimum headroom of six metres