call our Statutory Planning team on 1300 787 624 to ask.get a ‘detailed property report’ from the Victorian Government’s Land Channel website.If you don’t have one, you can order it from the Victorian Government’s Landata website – we do not store title certificates check your property’s certificate of title.To find out the size of your land, you can: Question 2: Is your property 4000 square metres (1 acre) or more in size? If the tree is in your neighbour's yard, go to this page on tree disputes. Contact our Statutory Planning team for advice on 1300 787 624. If you answered YES to question 1, in accordance with Local Law 17 you cannot destroy, damage, lop, remove or otherwise interfere with any trees or vegetation (whether living or dead) on any Council land or road (including a road reserve, footpath or nature strip), without our written consent. If you answered NO to question 1, go to question 2. Question 1: Is the vegetation on the nature strip, outside your property’s boundary, by the roadside or on your neighbour's side of the fence? Follow the questions below to find out if you may need a planning permit to remove vegetation:
