General Street Tree Pruning Request
General Street Tree Pruning Request

General Street Tree Pruning Request

General Street Tree Pruning Request

Request pruning of City trees.
Last updated on: 15 October 2024

Urgent requests

If a tree is directly interfering with power lines, street lights or represents a safety hazard, please contact the City on 9474 0777 to report your request. You can call this number 24-hours a day for urgent / high priority assistance.

Tree pruning requests

The City inspects and, if required, prunes street trees once a year.
If you are requesting additional pruning, please state the reason via a request below, for example, for driveway, height or property line clearance, or for damaged trees or limbs.
The City does not reduce the height of trees, unless they are under powerlines.
Pruning will not be undertaken to reduce shading of gardens or solar panel, improve television reception or to provide or improve views.

Tree status

A tree's status can be identified via Intramaps under the Tree Management Module.
If the tree is found to be significant, pruning works may take longer.
tree status mapping legend

Annual street tree pruning program

As part of our annual street tree pruning program, all of our street trees are regularly assessed. You can find updated information about street trees by using our online mapping system, Intramaps. If a verge tree requires pruning, please refer to the schedule below in the first instance.
Please refrain from reporting issues unless urgent, or until after the scheduled pruning has been completed.
Stage
Area
Round 1
Round 2
1
Como Beach
July
January
2
Manning, Salter Point, Waterford
August
February
3
Como, Manning, Karawara
September
March
4
Como, Kensington
October
April
5
South Perth
November
May
6
South Perth
December
June
Round 1 includes uplift, off-road and under wires pruning. Round 2 includes uplift only.

Trees in parks

If the tree is located in a City of South Perth maintained park or reserve, then refer to tree issues in parks knowledge for information.

Trees on private property

If the tree is located on private property, then please refer to trees on private property knowledge for information.

Would you like request updates?

  • When raising a request, you are given the option to be notified on the request
  • If you would like updates, the City encourages you to select email notifications as the preferred communication method
  • You will then receive an initial email advising the reference number as well as a second email upon scheduling or completion of works with a summary of actions for your information.
Email notifications

Raise a Request

  • To request pruning of a City street tree, please raise a request below
  • An officer will investigate within 10 business days
  • Please note, pruning can take up to four to six weeks from the request unless the tree is directly interfering with powerlines, or represents a safety hazard.