Tree removal in Yarraville: what's local
Fehon Street oaks
Maribyrnong's Heritage Overlay lists an avenue of 35 oak street trees in Fehon Street, one of 33 sites in the city where heritage tree controls apply.
Stephen Street planes and elms
Stephen Street has heritage-listed plane and elm street trees, including six planes under one listing.
Palms and a fig off Hyde Street
Rows of 18 Canary Island date palms, with a Moreton Bay fig and an elm, are covered by a heritage listing off Hyde Street.
Peppercorns in backyards
Peppercorns are the most common tree among the Yarraville entries on Maribyrnong's Significant Tree Register, with six listed. One has a tree protection zone radius of 22.8 metres, reaching well into neighbouring yards.
Neighbours' trees in Yarraville
Yarraville grew as a working class village of small cottages, many of them four rooms, on basalt ground between the West Gate Freeway and Stony Creek. Blocks that size put a big tree's roots and canopy across several properties.
Maribyrnong's significant tree overlay (ESO2) covers the property with the tree and the neighbours inside its tree protection zone. Under that overlay, removing, destroying or lopping a listed tree needs a planning permit, and so does building a fence. If you're replacing a back fence, adding a deck or digging for a pool near a registered peppercorn, ask council first.
The schedule also limits maintenance pruning on listed trees to small branches and a small share of the canopy, done to AS 4373. Check with Maribyrnong before any pruning, and see the Victorian permit page for the state rules.
Questions to ask an arborist in Yarraville
- Is this tree, or one next door, on the Significant Tree Register or a heritage listing?
- Where does its tree protection zone fall on my block?
- Will the fence, deck or footings you're working around need a permit?
- How will you get the wood and branches out through a narrow side path?
- Can I see your insurance certificate and the qualification of whoever writes the report?
Hiring an arborist in Yarraville
We'd treat any large peppercorn, elm or palm as listed until the register says it isn't. Search the council's list for your street, then ring Maribyrnong before booking a fence builder or a removal. If a permit is needed, a consulting arborist's report comes first and the quotes for the work second.