Request ID: FOI-4800-2324 Date published: 19 April 2024
You asked
Dear Sir/Madam,
We have a large protected Lime Tree in our front garden on Camberwell New Road.
We get the crown of the tree reduced by about 30% every four years. This year I have approached the tree surgeons who we always use who have told us that instead of the usual £1200, the cost will be well over £3000 due to the charges levied by TFL as this work involves closing one of the two lanes on our road heading towards Vauxhall.
Can you please confirm:
• What the TFL charges are for closing a lane on a red route per hour or for a morning (the work usually takes about 4 to 5 hours)?
• Whether charges vary? Would the charge be less at the weekend or in the afternoon?
• Whether TFL can reduce these charges under any circumstances?
• Whether there is any reduction for trees that are listed and what we can do to them is very restricted.
Yours faithfully
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-4800-2324
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on28 March 2024 asking for information about trees on TfL red routes. Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we do hold the information you require. Please refer to our website which provides the process of applying for the appropriate highway licence for the specified works, available here: www.tfl.gov.uk/highwaylicences
Lane Rental Fees will not apply if the highway licence application goes through the asset operations licensing team. Licence fees vary based on the type of application made, and the requirements, such as the working times, are determined by the Asset Operations Officer as part of the licence assessment.
If you have further questions relating to these works, please contact the team directly via [email protected]
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
Yours sincerely,
Mary Abidakun FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
