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Tree removal in Hastings

Tree removal, pruning and stump grinding in Hastings, matched to a local arborist.

Hastings has been among the hardest hit places in recent Western Port storms, so many tree jobs here start with damage, and the Mornington Peninsula Shire's planning controls still apply to any removal.

  • We match you with the local arborist who does your kind of job.
  • Tell us the job once, and the arborist who takes it calls you.
  • Storm damage and fallen trees flagged urgent.

Tree job in Hastings?

What needs doing?

If anyone is in danger, call 000. For storm damage to your home, call the SES. Then tell us the job.

Only one local arborist gets your number.

An arborist in a helmet and climbing harness going up a rope beside the trunk of a large leafy tree

Matched by the job, not just the postcode

A big gum over a roof, a stump and a council report are different jobs, so the job comes first.

Only one local arborist gets your number.

Your contact details go to one arborist for your job, so you deal with one person.

Storm jobs flagged urgent

Pick storm damage and the arborist sees it marked urgent. If anyone is in danger, call 000 first.

Council rules before the cut

Many councils protect bigger trees. The permit guides cover every state, so you can check first.

What happens next

A local arborist calls you.

Tell us the job

  1. Tell us the job

    What the tree needs and your postcode. A few taps.

  2. We pass it on

    To a local arborist near your postcode.

  3. They call you

    They talk it through, usually see the tree, and quote in writing. You decide.

Storm damage and fallen trees in Hastings

If anyone is in danger, call 000. Storm damage to the house goes to the SES. Stay more than 10 metres from any fallen power line, treat it as live, and report it to United Energy. Keep people and cars away from hanging or split branches until an arborist has dealt with them.

Tree removal in Hastings: what's local

Two storms in a week

United Energy named Hastings among its hardest hit areas on 28 August 2024, with gusts up to 100 km/h, and again on 2 September 2024, with gusts up to 120 km/h. Both times, trees and branches came down onto poles and wires.

A town on the mudflats

Hastings faces a crescent-shaped bay on Western Port. Most of the coastline is mudflat, and farmland surrounds the town.

Mangroves aren't garden trees

The mudflats carry mangrove forest, described as the most southerly in the world, which the Jacks Beach Walk crosses on boardwalks. That's public foreshore: never cut or clear it.

The Shire's controls

Many parts of the Mornington Peninsula carry planning controls that can need a permit before vegetation is removed, lopped or destroyed. Ask the Shire's planners about your block.

After the storm: what's urgent and what can wait

VICSES helps when a fallen tree has caused structural damage to the house or car, or blocks the way in or out. It doesn't cut down trees that are still standing; VICSES says that's work for a professional, which here means an arborist.

A split or hanging limb on a standing tree is urgent to keep clear of, but never something to cut yourself. Take photos from a safe distance for the insurer and the Shire, then have an arborist look.

Check your policy as well. Some only pay to remove a fallen tree if it damaged the insured home or contents, and insurers won't pay to take down a tree you merely suspect is dangerous. Our after a storm guide covers the order of calls.

Hiring an arborist in Hastings

Make it safe, photograph everything, ring the insurer, then call an arborist. If the damaged tree is still standing and you want it gone, ask the Shire whether a permit applies before it comes down. Storm damage doesn't automatically clear the paperwork.

Tree removal in Hastings: common questions

Will the SES remove a tree that fell in my Hastings yard?

Only in limited cases: when it has damaged the house or car, or stops you getting in or out. VICSES may make emergency temporary repairs, but clearing the debris and the rest of the tree is a job for an arborist.

Can I remove a storm-damaged tree without a permit?

Don't assume so. Ask the Shire first and keep photos of the damage. If part of the tree is about to fall and someone is at risk, call 000 or the SES rather than tackling it.

Need an arborist in Hastings?

Pick the job and give your postcode, and a local arborist calls you.

Tree job in Hastings?

What needs doing?

Only one local arborist gets your number.

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