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Overgrown hedge restricting footpath

Reported via desktop in the Hedges category anonymously at 12:52, Sunday 5 October 2025

Sent to Oxfordshire County Council less than a minute later

Appears to have been a problem for sometime judging from the amount of growth, sometimes brambles are overhanging beyond hedge, path restricted to one person width.

Council ref: ENQ251061195

Updates

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    State changed to: Investigating

    Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 12:52, Sunday 5 October 2025

  • Thank for you for your report, Oxfordshire County Council are receiving large volumes of enquiries at present. To assist us further with your enquiry, please could you provide an image of the issue including the surrounding area of its location as a benchmark. This information will support us in delivering a quicker and more effective service. PLEASE NOTE – Only take photographs where safe in doing so, please do not obstruct live traffic flows, step into a live carriageway, or put yourself at any risk in taking a photo. Thank you in advance for supporting the local community.

    Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 14:47, Wednesday 8 October 2025

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    Photos to illustrate problem, not taken on waste collection day but waste bin does provide scale and is regularly left as shown

    Posted anonymously at 12:37, Sunday 12 October 2025

  • When will there be a change from under investigation to actually taking action, bins are beginning to be a regular restriction to footpath accessibility certainly for pushchairs or wheelchairs?

    Posted anonymously at 14:00, Monday 8 December 2025

  • Thank you for informing us about this issue. A notice will be sent to the property to request a cut back of the offending vegetation/hedge line. Kind regards

    State changed to: Investigation complete

    Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 12:12, Friday 12 December 2025

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