Campbelltown City Council tree removal rules

When you may not need approval

• ✓development consent
• ✓reasonable maintenance of landscaped areas
• ✓emergency services operations
• ✓exempt species list with arborist report
• ✓pruning less than 10% canopy annually by qualified arborist
• ✓individual branch pruning less than 100mm diameter
• ✓trees within 3m of buildings
• ✓dying or dead vegetation not required as habitat
• ✓vegetation posing risk to human life or property

How to apply

Submit application with form and fee to Council; Council assesses against planning, environmental impact, and risk criteria; tree permits authorize up to 4 tree removals per 2-year period; vegetation permits handle other declared vegetation.

Other rules that can override the above

• •RFS 10/50 Vegetation Clearing scheme — in a designated bush-fire area you may be able to clear trees within 10m of your home (and underlying vegetation within 50m) without council approval. Check eligibility with the NSW RFS online tool; it does not override threatened-species or federal law.
• •Heritage items and heritage conservation areas — trees are usually protected regardless of size and most exemptions fall away.
• •Threatened species, endangered ecological communities and Aboriginal places — exemptions generally do not apply.
• •Federal EPBC Act — separate Commonwealth approval can be required if removal would significantly impact a nationally listed species or community.