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Tree removal and arborists in Seven Hills

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

Seven Hills is split between Blacktown City and the City of Parramatta, and on a knock-down rebuild the trees belong in the development approval, so raise them before the plans are drawn.

  • 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 Seven Hills?

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 person standing on a back lawn, helmet under one arm, looking up into a tall gum tree beside a brick house

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.

Building near trees in Seven Hills

Plenty of Seven Hills streets are swapping mid-century single storey homes on 600 to 900 square metre blocks for two storey houses with two to three times the floorspace. A bigger footprint leaves less room for the trees that were there.

In NSW, tree clearing that's part of wider development goes through the development application. City of Parramatta says it can't approve removing a tree because of a future development, and its tree form isn't the path for complying development; book a Duty Planner appointment instead.

A tree that stays has to be protected through the build. AS 4970:2025 sets out tree protection zones (the area around a tree that has to be left alone during building work), and our tree protection zones guide shows how they're worked out.

Tree removal in Seven Hills: what's local

Two councils, two tests

Blacktown counts a tree from over 3 metres tall or a trunk over 200mm at 1.0 metre. City of Parramatta may need permission for any tree or palm 5 metres or taller, or a planted tree from 3 metres. Your rates notice says which council you're dealing with.

A woodland remnant

Grantham Heritage Park, what's left of the old Grantham poultry estate, holds some of the last Cumberland Plain woodland in the area, the grey box and forest red gum country that once covered the plain. A big old native on a nearby block could be part of that community, which raises the stakes for any removal.

Storm history

The AIDR records extensive damage at Seven Hills, Blacktown and Parramatta in the severe storm of 21 January 1991. After a big storm, the NSW SES helps when a tree blocks access or may fall on the house.

One network

Both council areas are on Endeavour Energy's network. Report a tree on a line to Endeavour Energy, and stay well back from it.

Questions to ask an arborist in Seven Hills

  • Which council the lot is in, and which trees meet that council's size test
  • Whether any tree is on a heritage item, a significant tree register or mapped biodiversity land
  • Which trees the builder wants gone, and which could stay behind a protection zone
  • Who handles the tree side of the approval: you, the builder or the certifier
  • What replacement planting the approval will ask for

Hiring an arborist in Seven Hills

Get an arborist out before the designer finishes the plans. Shifting a driveway or a wall a metre can save a good tree, and that's a far easier conversation on paper than after the slab is poured.

Tree removal and arborists in Seven Hills: common questions

Can I take the trees out myself before I lodge the plans?

Don't. If a tree meets your council's size test, removing it without approval is an offence, and City of Parramatta says it can't approve a removal just because of a future development. Raise the trees in the development application instead.

The old tree is cracking the driveway. Is that enough for a removal?

Minor cracking often isn't. City of Parramatta says it may consider substantial structural damage to a house or retaining wall, backed by evidence such as an engineer's report. In the Blacktown part, ring council before anyone cuts. Our tree roots guide explains the options.

Need an arborist in Seven Hills?

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

Tree job in Seven Hills?

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.