We’re proposing changes to the Local Law guidelines to protect more large healthy trees on private property and support vulnerable residents to manage issues with large trees.

A protected tree that requires a Local Law permit to remove has a single or combined trunk circumference greater than 155cm measured at 1m above ground level. View examples of a protected tree.

You don't need a permit for removing part of a tree that poses an immediate risk to persons or property or pruning the tree - provided these works are carried out by a qualified arborist - removing trees that are declared noxious weeds, or where a building permit has been granted necessitating the removal of a protected tree.

Consultation is open until 13 August 2023.