Tree removal in Hawthorn: good to know
In 2011, flats or apartments made up 53.4% of Hawthorn's dwellings and separate houses 33.4%. If the tree is in a shared garden, start with your owners corporation or strata manager rather than booking work yourself.
Boroondara's local law wants a document showing the owner's consent whenever someone else applies, so line that up before the form. Our strata and commercial page covers how arborists quote for buildings.
Tree removal in Hawthorn: what's local
River and creek parkland
Hawthorn rises east of the Yarra valley, and Gardiners Creek runs along its south. Most of its open space is linear parkland beside those two waterways.
Heritage pockets
The Invergowrie area is a Conservation Area, and the streets around St James Park were an active preservation area. Boroondara says Heritage, Significant Landscape and Vegetation Protection Overlays can each protect trees, with different rules.
Works near a canopy tree
Boroondara's local law counts building, trenching, digging, compaction and even storing materials as works. Doing them within 2 metres of a canopy tree's trunk needs a permit, which matters for car park and driveway jobs.
CitiPower lines
Hawthorn is inside CitiPower's network area. CitiPower says property owners must keep trees away from the private line or service wires on their property.
Questions to ask an arborist in Hawthorn
- Is the tree on common property or in a private courtyard?
- Has the owners corporation agreed in writing to the work, and to applying for any permit?
- Does the trunk reach 110 cm around at 1.4 metres, Boroondara's canopy tree size?
- Is the tree on Boroondara's significant tree register?
- Will the quote cover protecting cars, paths and other owners' courtyards?
- Can the arborist show insurance before the work date?
Hiring an arborist in Hawthorn
Get the owners corporation's decision in writing first, then measure the tree. For anything near canopy tree size, have the permit in hand before a work date goes out to owners. If the job is pruning, Boroondara expects it done to the Australian Standard, so ask for the quote to say so. The Boroondara permit page has the detail.