Tree Assessment and Maintenance
Tree Assessment and Maintenance

Tree Assessment and Maintenance

Tree Assessment and Maintenance

Learn about Wyndham City's tree assessment and maintenance services, including how trees are inspected for health, safety, and environmental impact.
Last updated on: 22 July 2025
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Urgent requests

If the tree is directly interfering with power lines or street lights or represents a safety hazard, please contact Wyndham City on 1300 023 411 to report your request. Our contact centre is open 24 hours a day, including public holidays.

Tree assessment or maintenance

Council is responsible for maintaining street trees, park trees, and trees on nature strips. This includes:
  • Tree root damage and other root problems caused by Council trees.
  • Tree assessment, including whether the tree has been vandalised
  • Vegetation clearance near electrical lines
  • Watering requests for Council trees

Tree vandalism

When you submit a tree maintenance request, we will inspect the tree to check for any signs of vandalism. If we do find evidence of vandalism, we will get the local law enforcement involved to conduct a further investigation and determine the necessary steps to take.
Examples of tree vandalism are when a tree is removed without authority, vandalised or compromised as part of:
  • The installation of a cross-over or construction of a building
  • As a result of being crashed into by a car
  • Cutting down council trees without permission
  • Destroying street trees by taking them out of the ground, breaking branches

Vegetation electrical line clearance program

Council is responsible for managing power line clearance in the urban growth area. Our partner Citywide Service Solutions Pty Ltd oversees the Vegetation Electrical Line Clearance Program. This program ensures regular inspections of street trees and power lines to prevent any impact on the power supply. All maintenance work adheres to the Electrical Safety Act (Electric Line Clearance) Regulation 2015.
The public is notified of all maintenance work via newspaper articles approximately every 60 days, with no more than 14 days' notice before cutting.

Tree pruning

  • Wyndham City will carry out tree pruning from nature strips, parks and trees on Council land.
  • Tree pruning can be requested anytime for uplifting, trimming, or a total cutback.

Private trees

If the tree is on private property, it is the property owner's responsibility to arrange for removal. Council will only intervene to clear obstructions to council assets, such as footpaths or roads.

Raise a request

When submitting a request, please provide as much detail as possible so we can assist you in processing your request. If possible, please attach a picture of the issue you are reporting.