Wakefield
Tree removal in Wakefield
Tree removal, pruning and stump grinding in Wakefield, on rural and bush blocks below the Sugarloaf Range.
Tree work in Wakefield
Big fires on the Wakefield record
The NPWS fire history layer records a wildfire at Wakefield that burnt about 289 hectares, the largest under the name. An earlier fire under the same name covered about 98 hectares.
Lake Macquarie's new bushfire risk management plan names Seahampton to Wakefield as one of three areas where fire mitigation will focus over the next five years. Trees around a house here are judged with fire in mind first.
Services in Wakefield
Bush blocks and fire breaks
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.
Wakefield questions
Rural land and the ground below
Is a Wakefield block treated as rural land?
Some are. If a Lake Macquarie property is classed as rural land, any request to remove or prune a tree is assessed by Local Land Services rather than by council.
Has mining affected the ground here?
Glencore applied to extend colliery longwall panels between Ryhope and Wakefield, and council staff raised concerns about subsidence and cracking. Ground that has moved can change how a stump is ground out.
Is a dead tree treated differently?
Under the state vegetation SEPP, approval is not needed for a tree the council is satisfied is dying or dead and not needed as habitat for native animals.
