Killcare Heights
Tree removal in Killcare Heights
Tree removal and pruning in Killcare Heights, for homes on the bush edge beside Bouddi National Park.
Tree work in Killcare Heights
Two big wildfires, then the planned burns
NPWS fire history records a wildfire named Killcare Heights, Putty, which started on 25 January 1975, and its largest mapped part covered about 247 hectares. The next year a wildfire named Killcare Heights started on 18 May 1976 and burnt about 64.2 hectares.
Planned burns followed, and the same records hold prescribed burns from July 1992. Bush that has burnt like that carries regrowth and fire-scarred trees, so on the blocks along its edge tree work weighs fuel near the house as well as the condition of each tree.
Services in Killcare Heights
Regrowth, scarred trunks and canopy over roofs
Tree pruning
Canopy taken back from roofs and gutters on the blocks that face Bouddi National Park.
Tree removal
Tall gums near the house taken down in pieces, the heaviest limbs lowered first.
Tree removal permits
Whether the 10/50 code, a council exemption or an application covers the tree, worked out before a price.
How it works
From the first message to a written quote
The council question is settled before any price, and nothing is booked until you have said yes to a quote in writing.
- 1
Tell us what the tree is doing
Where it stands, what it is close to and what you would like done about it.
- 2
A contractor comes to see it
A tree contractor who covers your suburb looks at the tree, the access and what is underneath it.
- 3
The council question is answered
Height, trunk size, distance from the house and the species decide whether a permit or an exemption applies.
- 4
You get it in writing
Scope, timber, stump and date on one page, and nothing is booked until you have said yes.
Killcare Heights questions
A burn for the houses, and the lookout reserves
Why does the parks service burn the bush near the houses?
In April 2021 the parks service planned an 8.1 hectare hazard reduction burn in Bouddi National Park, between Killcare and Putty Beach. It said the burn was in a strategic location to reduce the risk of wildfire impacting on residential properties in Killcare Heights. After a burn like that, any scorched tree on a block's bush edge is checked before it is left standing near the house.
Can trees in the reserve near Marie Byles Lookout be cut back?
Not by a neighbour. Central Coast Council names Marie Byles Lookout at Killcare Heights among the easier access lookouts in its bushland reserves, which belong to the Coastal Open Space System it manages for native plants and animals. Where a block backs onto that bushland, the trees past the fence are the council's, and nothing is pruned, removed or cleared into the reserve unless the council agrees.
