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Tree removal and lopping in Mentone

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

In Mentone, Kingston's local law protects any tree with a trunk over 110 cm around at the base, so measure the base of the trunk before you book anyone to remove or heavily prune a tree.

  • 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 Mentone?

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.

A worker in a helmet and earmuffs dragging a cut gum branch across a back lawn

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.

Tree removal in Mentone: what's local

Station trees on the register

Kingston's significant tree schedule lists a Norfolk Island pine and Canary Island date palms beside Mentone station on Como Parade West, and a maritime pine at the reserve on Balcombe Road. Register trees are protected on private and public land alike.

Big old houses, smaller new yards

Mentone's early developers left it large houses, and about half of its homes are now row houses, flats and units. Where a block has been split, an old tree can end up hard against a new boundary or driveway.

Unit blocks need a signature

Kingston needs the land owner's written consent before it will consider removing a protected tree. In a unit block where the tree stands on common property, sort out who signs before anyone quotes.

The foreshore

Most of Mentone's open space is along the foreshore. Trees in the streets nearest the beach are the most exposed when a storm comes across the bay.

Questions to ask an arborist in Mentone

  1. Measure at the base

    Kingston's 2025 local law protects a tree or monocot (palms are monocots) with a trunk over 110 cm around at its base, and multi-stemmed trees whose outer stems measure more than 110 cm around there.

  2. Check the planning scheme too

    If the planning scheme protects the tree, a planning permit replaces the Local Law permit. That includes the state canopy tree clause for trees at least 5 metres tall with a 4 metre canopy near the front or rear boundary.

  3. Ring a Vegetation Officer

    Kingston asks people to call a Vegetation Officer before applying. Its online forms can't be saved partway through, so have the photos and reports ready first.

  4. Bring the right report

    If safety is the reason, Kingston wants a qualified arborist's report with an internationally recognised tree risk assessment. The Kingston permit page lists the rest.

Tree jobs you can do yourself in Mentone

You can

  • Measure the trunk at the base and photograph the tree from a few angles.
  • Prune small branches you can reach from the ground with secateurs or a pruning saw, staying within Kingston's pruning guideline for protected trees.
  • Keep people and cars out from under a cracked or hanging limb.
  • Mulch and water a stressed tree through dry spells.

Leave to an arborist

  • Anything you can't reach with both feet on the ground.
  • Digging or building near a protected tree, since Kingston's permit covers its Structural Root Zone and Tree Protection Zone.
  • Any removal close to the house, a fence or a neighbour's unit.
  • The tree risk assessment Kingston asks for.

Hiring an arborist in Mentone

Measure first, then talk to Kingston's Vegetation Officer before you collect quotes, so every arborist is quoting the same job. If the tree is coming out, ask for the replacement tree to be part of the quote as well, because Kingston usually wants one planted and a photo of it sent in.

Tree removal and lopping in Mentone: common questions

Is tree lopping allowed in Mentone?

Many people ask for lopping when they want a tree made smaller. For a protected tree, Kingston needs a permit for pruning that goes against its pruning guideline, and heavy lopping is the kind of work that can fall outside it. A reduction prune by an arborist is the gentler option; see lopping vs pruning.

What if Kingston refuses my permit?

You can appeal a Local Law refusal online. An independent arborist then assesses the tree, and that arborist's recommendation is final. A refused planning permit can be reviewed by VCAT instead.

Who does the removal once a permit is approved?

You arrange it. Kingston doesn't remove trees on private property; the permit holder engages their own contractor.

Need an arborist in Mentone?

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

Tree job in Mentone?

What needs doing?

Only one local arborist gets your number.

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