Newcastle East
Tree removal in Newcastle East
Tree removal and pruning in Newcastle East, among terraces and laneways with the ocean on two sides.
Tree work in Newcastle East
Ocean on two sides, terraces and lanes
The Newcastle East heritage conservation area lies between the harbour to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the east and south. Trees here take salt wind from more than one direction, which shows in their crowns.
The DCP requires the old street layout to be kept, including the integrity of laneways, public stairs and sandstone kerbing. Lanes are often the only way to a back yard, and they are narrow.
Newcastle East keeps a two to three-storey scale of housing stock in its terrace streets, so a tree in a rear yard is hemmed in by tall walls and rooflines.
Services in Newcastle East
Salt wind and tall terraces
How it works
From the first message to a written quote
The council question is settled before any price, and nothing is booked until you have said yes to a quote in writing.
- 1
Tell us what the tree is doing
Where it stands, what it hangs over and what you would like done about it.
- 2
A contractor comes to see it
A tree contractor who covers your suburb looks at the tree, the access and what is underneath it.
- 3
The council question is answered
Your council, the tree's height and trunk, its distance from the house and the species decide whether a permit or an exemption applies.
- 4
You get it in writing
Scope, timber, stump and date on one page, and nothing is booked until you have said yes.
Newcastle East questions
Parks, lanes and permits
Are the trees in Pacific Park part of this?
No. Mature trees in the public domain and parks including Pacific Park, Newcastle Beach, Parnell Place Park and Foreshore Park are the council's. Only trees on your own block are quoted privately.
Does a laneway tree keep the usual exemptions?
Sometimes. In a heritage conservation area Newcastle's exemptions are lost only where the tree is visible from the street or other public areas other than a lane, so a tree seen only from a lane can still use them.
Have big storms hit this part of town?
Yes. During the east coast low of April 2015, wind gusts of up to 135 kilometres per hour were reported at Newcastle, the highest recorded in New South Wales in April.
