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Tree removal in Richmond, Melbourne

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

In Richmond, the City of Yarra treats a tree as significant once its trunk is 40 cm across at ground level or 1.5 metres up, and pruning, lopping or removing it then needs a permit.

  • 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 Richmond?

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, earmuffs and a visor feeding a leafy branch into a wood chipper on a grass verge

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 permits in Richmond

  1. Wrap a tape at ground level

    Measure around the trunk just above the ground. For a tree with several trunks, add them together.

  2. Measure again at 1.5 metres

    Do the same at about chest height, 1.5 metres up.

  3. Compare with 125.66 cm

    Yarra says a circumference of 125.66 cm equals a 40 cm diameter. If either measurement reaches it, the tree is significant under the General Local Law, and clause 39 needs a permit to prune, lop or remove it.

  4. Check the register too

    Yarra also keeps a significant tree register for public and private land, picked for horticultural, historical, environmental or cultural value. A listed tree can be significant even when it's smaller.

Tree removal in Richmond: what's local

Cottage blocks

Richmond's housing grew in the 1870s and 1880s, mostly as workers' cottages, many since renovated. On a small lot, every big tree is near something: a wall, a fence, the house next door.

The river side

The Yarra forms Richmond's eastern and southern edges, and Victorian Places says most of its public open space is in the south and east. Richmond Hill rises on the western side, and the land falls toward the river.

CitiPower lines

Richmond is inside CitiPower's network area, which covers the CBD and inner suburbs. For a tree on a street line, keep clear and ring CitiPower's faults line.

What Yarra's significant tree form asks for

  • The botanical name, trunk diameter, height and canopy width of each tree.
  • Photos showing where each tree is and what condition it's in.
  • A site map with each tree's distance from your boundaries.
  • Your reasons, with evidence such as photos and a structural engineer's report if the tree is damaging a building.
  • Your replacement planting plan, or why there won't be one.
  • The owner's written consent if a tenant or agent is applying.

Hiring an arborist in Richmond

Measure before you ring anyone, at both heights. If the tree is over the line and the worry is cracked walls, get an arborist to look at the tree and an engineer to look at the building, because the form asks for evidence of the damage. Unsure whether the tree counts? Ring Yarra before booking any work.

Tree removal in Richmond, Melbourne: common questions

I rent in Richmond. Can I apply to prune a tree?

Yarra's form says a tenant or agent applying needs the land owner's written consent, and signing it lets council's officer come onto the property. Talk to your landlord or agent first.

Is this the Richmond in Victoria?

Yes. This page covers Richmond in Melbourne, postcode 3121, in the City of Yarra. Richmond in New South Wales sits under different state rules; start with the NSW permit page.

Roots are getting into my old cottage's pipes. What now?

Get a plumber's view of the pipes and an arborist's view of the tree before anything is cut. If the tree is significant, Yarra wants that evidence with the permit application. Our guide to tree roots and your house explains the options short of removal.

Need an arborist in Richmond?

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

Tree job in Richmond?

What needs doing?

Only one local arborist gets your number.

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Sources

Tree rules change, so check with your council before anything is cut. How we write and check these pages.