Newcomb
Tree removal in Newcomb
Tree removal, pruning and stump grinding in Newcomb, planned around the City's nature strip trees and the heritage-listed saltworks land.
Tree work in Newcomb
Saltworks heritage ground and flood studies
The Cheetham Saltworks, on the Victorian Heritage Register, takes in land in Newcomb, and it is a registered archaeological place. Its register entry says "ground disturbance may affect the archaeological significance of the place and, subject to the exemptions stated in this document, requires a permit". Grinding out a stump, pulling roots and digging in a replacement tree all disturb the ground, so on that land those parts of a job are talked through with Heritage Victoria first, as the register recommends for any proposed works.
In 2013 the council's minutes noted flood studies it had adopted, which identify the nature and extent of flooding in the Newcomb-Whittington area. Saturated ground loosens a tree's grip, so a tree that has stood in waterlogged soil is more likely to come over in a strong wind. Soft ground also limits where the truck, chipper and stump grinder can go, so a job straight after heavy rain is planned around firm access.
Sources: Cheetham Saltworks, Victorian Heritage Database (retrieved 15/10/2026); Amendment C265 flood overlays report, Council minutes, City of Greater Geelong (retrieved 10/09/2026); Trees dataset, City of Greater Geelong (Geelong Data Exchange), Newcomb street trees (retrieved 15/10/2026); Trees dataset, City of Greater Geelong (Geelong Data Exchange), double flowering cherries (retrieved 15/10/2026)
Services in Newcomb
Front yards, City trees and listed ground
Tree removal
Garden trees taken down in sections and carried out through the yard, with nothing dropped on the nature strip trees out the front.
Tree pruning
Branches trimmed back from roofs, sheds and fences on the trees inside the boundary, which are the owner's to manage.
Stump grinding
Stumps ground out after a removal, with the register checked first on the saltworks land, a registered archaeological place.
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.
Newcomb questions
Bloodwoods and cherries on the nature strips
Who prunes the bloodwoods on the nature strips?
The City does, because they are its street trees. In its records the dwarf yellow bloodwood is the street tree most often listed under Newcomb, with 235 of them, so one that needs trimming, or has died, is reported to the City instead of being booked as a private job.
Can a front yard tree come down beside a City cherry?
Yes, with the cherry kept out of harm's way. In the City's records, 131 of the 834 double flowering cherries are listed under Newcomb, the most of any suburb. The truck and chipper park clear of the cherry, cut limbs are lowered on ropes away from its crown, and the grinder stays off its roots.
