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Tree services in Claremont, WA

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

Since 25 August 2026, the Town of Claremont's Local Planning Policy 211 has required development approval for tree-damaging work on a regulated tree, so measure the tree before you book anything.

  • 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 Claremont?

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 standing on a lawn, pruning a branch overhead with a long pole saw

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.

Questions to ask an arborist in Claremont

  • It's 8m or taller.
  • Its average canopy diameter is at least 6m.
  • Its trunk is at least 1.5m around, measured 1.4m above the ground.
  • Any one of these is enough, as long as the tree is alive.

Tree pruning and lopping in Claremont

LPP 211 treats removing, killing, ringbarking, topping or lopping a regulated tree, or severing its branches or trunk, as tree-damaging activity. Substantial pruning can count too. That generally needs development approval unless one of the policy's listed exemptions applies, and approval for a building doesn't automatically cover the tree.

Maintenance pruning is different. The policy doesn't stop pruning that won't harm the tree's health, stability or long-term viability, such as taking out dead or diseased wood, pruning fruit trees for a crop, or a light thin of the crown. The Town would rather you talk to its officers before work starts.

Where health or safety is the reason for removal, the Town may ask for an arborist report, a structural engineering report or both. Unapproved work can bring a fine, a Direction Notice or prosecution.

Tree services in Claremont: what's local

Old trees

The Town says many of its trees are over 100 years old.

A pause on Queensland box

Council resolved on 30 September 2025 to put a moratorium on removing Queensland box trees.

Borer works

Claremont is in the shot-hole borer quarantine area, and the Town may do some reduction pruning as part of its borer works so removal is a last resort. Chips under 2.5cm and live plants with woody stems under 2cm can leave the area; tree crews must clean wood off their gear before they go.

Lake Claremont

Once called Butler's Swamp, the lake is a Conservation Category Wetland run under a 2024-29 management plan, and its eastern half sits in the suburb. Quenda live there.

Cape lilacs

Each year the Town works to cut caterpillar numbers on its cape lilac street trees.

Storm damage and fallen trees in Claremont

A tree on a power line is Western Power's to deal with: stay at least 8 metres back and call them. If anyone's in danger, call 000. Storm damage to the house that you can't make safe goes to the SES.

Hiring an arborist in Claremont

We'd measure first: height, canopy spread and the trunk's girth at 1.4 metres. If any one of them reaches the LPP 211 mark, we'd talk to the Town before getting removal quotes, and we'd want an arborist whose report can stand up in a development application. If the tree is under all three, we'd still ring the Town, because its own page asks you to check before any removal.

Tree services in Claremont, WA: common questions

Is this Claremont in Perth or Hobart?

Perth. This page covers Claremont, Western Australia, postcode 6010, in the Town of Claremont. Claremont in Tasmania is 7011.

Can I ask the Town to remove a street tree?

You can apply on the Town's Application To Remove Street Trees form, which covers the replacement too. Queensland box trees are under a removal moratorium for now.

Does LPP 211 stop me pruning my fruit trees?

No. The Town lists pruning fruit trees for production among its examples of maintenance pruning, alongside taking out dead or diseased wood. Heavy cuts to a large tree are another matter, so check first. Our fruit tree pruning page has more.

Need an arborist in Claremont?

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

Tree job in Claremont?

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.