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Tree removal in Kellyville

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

In Kellyville, even a young planted tree can be protected, because The Hills Shire's exemptions don't apply where a development consent or a covenant on your title says the tree has to stay.

  • 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 Kellyville?

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.

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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 Kellyville: good to know

  1. Read your title

    Look for a restriction or positive covenant, often called an 88B instrument, that requires trees to be kept or planted. Your conveyancer or solicitor can pull a copy.

  2. Check the original approval

    If the house or the estate was approved with trees planted for landscaping or screening, The Hills says its exemptions don't cover taking them out.

  3. Measure the tree

    The Hills counts a tree once its spread passes 3 metres, its height passes 6 metres or its trunk passes 300mm at the base. Fast-growing screening plants can get there within a few years.

  4. Ring council

    Call The Hills with the tree's size and what your title says. It's far easier than sorting out an unapproved removal afterwards.

Tree removal in Kellyville: what's local

Farmlets to estates

Kellyville was semi-rural for most of the 20th century. Today it mixes semi-rural lots, older suburban homes and estates such as Duncraig, Highlands and Elizabeth Macarthur, so an old paddock gum and a brand-new street tree can be a block apart.

Creeks and bushland

Cattai Creek and Caddies Creek Reserve run through the area, and the Highlands Estate is described as ringed by bushland and creek. Native vegetation near creeks can belong to a threatened ecological community, and The Hills' exemptions stop there.

Tight side access

Estate lots often leave a narrow gap beside the house. That shapes the quote: a tree may need to come out in small pieces carried through the side gate, or be lifted over the roof by crane.

Your service line is yours

Kellyville is on Endeavour Energy's network. Endeavour says owners are responsible for keeping trees on their property a safe distance from powerlines, including the service line to the house, and to always keep a three metre safety clearance from the lines.

Tree jobs you can do yourself in Kellyville

You can

  • Trim soft growth on hedges and screening plants from the ground with hand tools.
  • Water young trees through dry spells and keep mulch away from the trunk.
  • Photograph the tree's size and position, with something for scale, before you ring council.

Leave to an arborist

  • Removing any tree council protects, once approval is in hand.
  • Pruning anything near the service line to your house.
  • Grinding out a stump where pipes or cables might run, after the services are located.

Hiring an arborist in Kellyville

Treat your title and your building approval as part of the tree's paperwork. Ten minutes with both, then a call to council, saves a lot of grief. If a planted tree really is in the wrong spot, ask council about swapping it for something better suited, since a replacement tree is a condition of any approved removal anyway.

Tree removal in Kellyville: common questions

Can I remove a tree the builder planted?

Not automatically. If it went in to meet a landscaping or screening condition, The Hills says its exemptions don't apply, and a covenant on the title can also require it to stay. Check both, then ask council.

Who chooses the replacement tree if council approves a removal?

The Hills makes it a condition of a Tree Management Permit that a replacement is planted elsewhere on the property for each tree removed. Council sets the conditions, so ask what it expects and get the arborist's view on a species that fits the space.

Do I need to check for pipes before stump grinding in Kellyville?

Yes. Safe Work Australia's tree work guide says to check for underground services around a stump before grinding deeper than 200mm, contacting Before You Dig Australia. Private lines, like irrigation or power to a shed, won't appear on those plans.

Need an arborist in Kellyville?

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

Tree job in Kellyville?

What needs doing?

Only one local arborist gets your number.

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