Tree removal laws in Tasmania
In Tasmania, tree removal is governed by the Tasmanian Planning Scheme and your council's planning provisions, including any significant tree, landscape or biodiversity codes that apply to your land. Check your property's codes on the LISTmap and your council's planning scheme.
Legal basis: Tasmanian Planning Scheme + council planning provisions.
Common exemptions
- Dead or dangerous trees (council-dependent).
- Land without a relevant code or overlay.
Rules that can override exemptions
- Planning scheme codes (biodiversity, landscape).
- Federal EPBC Act.
Tasmania councils (29)
Pick your council for its specific tree-removal rules.
- Break O'Day
- Brighton
- Burnie
- Central Coast
- Central Highlands
- Circular Head
- Clarence
- Derwent Valley
- Devonport
- Dorset
- Flinders
- George Town
- Glamorgan-Spring Bay
- Glenorchy
- Hobart
- Huon Valley
- Kentish
- King Island
- Kingborough
- Latrobe
- Launceston
- Meander Valley
- Northern Midlands
- Sorell
- Southern Midlands
- Tasman
- Waratah-Wynyard
- West Coast
- West Tamar