Tree work in South Wigston
The grid of terraces off Blaby Road and Canal Street has long, narrow rear gardens with no vehicle access at all. Timber comes out through the house on boards or over the fence line, and the chipper works from the street. It is slower, and any quote that ignores it is a quote that will change on the day.
Self-seeded sycamore and ash along the rear boundary walls and the railway corridor is the recurring job here. Left alone they get to eight or nine metres in a two-metre-wide strip and start lifting the wall.
Ash along the railway and canal corridors is showing significant dieback. Brittle ash close to a boundary wall or an outbuilding is a job worth doing before the crown loss goes past halfway, because after that it costs roughly double to take down safely.
Protected trees in South Wigston
South Wigston falls under Oadby & Wigston Borough Council for tree protection. Before any work we check two things for your address: whether the tree carries a Tree Preservation Order, and whether it sits inside a conservation area.
If it has a TPO, works need a written application and the council has eight weeks to determine it. If it is in a conservation area, you must give six weeks' written notice under section 211 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for any tree over 75mm diameter measured at 1.5m — even with no TPO on it. Doing the work without either is a criminal offence, and for the most serious cases the fine in the Crown Court is unlimited.
Dead trees and trees posing an urgent safety risk are exempt, but the exemption is narrow: five working days' written notice is still required unless the danger is immediate, and the burden of proving the tree qualified sits with you. Where a South Wigston job is anywhere near that line, we photograph and document the defect before starting. We prepare and submit the paperwork to Oadby & Wigston Borough Council as part of the job — there is no extra charge for it.
Emergency call-outs in South Wigston
South Wigston is roughly 5 minutes from our Wigston base, which puts it comfortably inside our 45-minute typical emergency response. The line is answered by a person 24 hours a day. Send two photos — one wide, one close to the failure point — and we can usually give you a fixed price before the truck moves.
If a tree is on a power line, call 105 first: your distribution network operator attends free and makes the conductor safe. If it is blocking a public road or anyone is at risk, call 999 first. Then call us.
Local landmarks and access
We know South Wigston — Blaby Road Park, South Wigston railway station and the Grand Union Canal. That matters more than it sounds: knowing which streets a chipper can park on and which need timber carrying out by hand is the difference between an accurate quote and a price that changes on the day.
Trees on the public highway, in parks and on other council land are Oadby & Wigston Borough Council's responsibility, not the adjacent householder's. If that is what you are looking at, report it to them and they will attend at no cost to you — we will point you to the right team rather than quote you for something you should not be paying for.