Living with trees

We will not:

• prune or remove a Council owned tree to stop / reduce leaf fall
• remove fallen leaves from a private property
• maintain gutters / remove leaves from gutters that may have fallen from council owned trees

If you are unable to do this yourself see, help with gardening.

South Tyneside Council Housing Services can also offer one-off or regular basic gardening work. For more information see, Garden tidy service.

The loss of leaves from trees in the autumn is part of the natural cycle and cannot be avoided by pruning.

For roads, including foot and cycle paths that run alongside, extra teams work to clear fallen leaves.

Parks and green spaces are regularly cleared of fallen leaves but leaves on grass / shrub beds are generally left until the majority of leaves have fallen or left / moved to suitable areas to rot down naturally.