Charlemont
Tree removal in Charlemont
Tree removal, pruning and stump grinding in Charlemont, from lots in the Horseshoe Bend growth precinct to yards behind the City's street trees.
Tree work in Charlemont
Retained trees, dispersive soils and springs at Horseshoe Bend
In the Horseshoe Bend precinct, the growth zone schedule says an application to remove vegetation that the Horseshoe Bend Native Vegetation Precinct Plan identifies as retained vegetation must be referred to the referral authority. So a native tree the plan marks as retained cannot simply be booked for removal: the application comes first and is referred on, which adds time, and the tree's status in the plan is checked with the City before any quote.
The same schedule requires applications in the precinct to use or subdivide land, or to build or carry out works, to identify and appraise potential acid sulphate and dispersive soils. Subdivision applications there must also assess surface and subsurface drainage, including any measures needed to mitigate the impacts of springs. Where those soils or springs are present in the precinct, a stump hole or a root trench left open can slump and wash out in rain, so the grindings are packed back and the surface made good the same day, and heavy machines stay off soft, wet ground.
Sources: Schedule 4 to the Urban Growth Zone, Horseshoe Bend Precinct, Greater Geelong Planning Scheme (retrieved 15/10/2026); Trees dataset, City of Greater Geelong (Geelong Data Exchange), Illawarra flame trees (retrieved 15/10/2026); Trees dataset, City of Greater Geelong (Geelong Data Exchange), Bradford pears (retrieved 15/10/2026)
Services in Charlemont
Soft ground, new gardens and the City's street trees
Tree removal
Garden trees taken down in sections, with the truck and the chipper kept off soft or wet ground.
Tree pruning
Private trees growing beside a City flame tree or pear cut back without touching the street tree's crown.
Stump grinding
Stumps ground below the surface and the hole filled in straight away, before rain can get into it.
What it costs: tree removal cost, stump grinding cost
Compared: removal, lopping or pruning, stump grinding or stump removal, council tree rules compared
How it works
From the first call to a clear garden
Nothing happens without a written quote you have agreed to.
Tell us about the tree
Call or send the form with the tree and what is worrying you.
A contractor comes to see it
A local tree contractor looks at the tree, the access and whatever sits underneath it, because a quote off a photo misses the things that change the job.
A written quote
The quote sets out the scope, what happens to the timber and the stump, and the date. It is the contractor's quote, and nothing starts until you accept it.
The work and the clean up
On the day the tree is dealt with as quoted, the green waste leaves on the truck and the lawn is raked.
Charlemont questions
Flame trees and Bradford pears on the nature strips
Who looks after the Illawarra flame trees on the nature strips?
The City, where they stand on the nature strip. Counting only street trees, the City's records list 201 of its 553 Illawarra flame trees under Charlemont, more than a third of the total and almost twice as many as it lists under any other suburb. Pruning or taking one out is up to the City, and a job in the yard behind one keeps the chipper and the stump grinder clear of its trunk and roots.
What if a Bradford pear limb splits over the footpath?
Report it to the City if the pear is on the nature strip. Among street trees, the City of Greater Geelong's records list 103 of its 214 Bradford pears under Charlemont, almost half of the total, and Bradford pear is a Callery pear form known for tight forks that can split in strong wind. Private work close by is set up so the outriggers and the machines stay off its roots and out of its crown.
