Randwick West Ward Arborist Reports

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West Ward contains some of Randwick City's most intensive transport, education and development corridors. Kensington and Kingsford are strongly influenced by the Anzac Parade corridor, light rail, UNSW and major residential development.

Western Randwick includes established housing and institutional land. On constrained sites, neighbouring trees, street trees and retained trees can have a substantial influence on building design and excavation.

Kensington and Kingsford have experienced substantial redevelopment associated with transport infrastructure, UNSW and increased residential density. These projects can involve basements, boundary excavation, services and limited landscape space.

Western Randwick contains established residential and institutional sites where mature trees may form an important part of the existing landscape. Trees on neighbouring properties and public land can be particularly significant where development occupies much of the available lot.

DA Arborist Reports (AIA)

Assessment of tree retention, proposed removal and development impacts.

Health & Safety Tree Assessments

Assessment of tree condition, defects and potential risk.

Tree Removal Reports & Assessments

Technical evidence where removal is proposed.

Project Arborist & Tree Protection

Tree protection planning, construction monitoring and compliance inspections, prepared in accordance with AS 4970.

Root Investigation

Useful where basements, footings, services or excavation are close to mature trees.

• Kensington

• Kingsford

• Part of Randwick

Council's current tree-preservation requirements under Part B5 of the DCP apply throughout West Ward. Development assessment must consider relevant trees on the development property, adjoining land and public land.

On constrained sites, Tree Protection Zone encroachment and actual root location may materially affect design feasibility, and any tree on public land requires a tree permit regardless of size.

Replacement planting: under Randwick's current development controls, where a tree proposed for removal through a Development Application is 3 metres or more in height or has a canopy spread of 3 metres or more, replacement planting must be provided on the site. Replacement trees must provide the same or greater canopy size at maturity, be shown on the Landscape Plan and Arborist Report, be selected from Council's Desirable Species List and be planted from a minimum 45L pot size. Where Council considers there is insufficient room for equivalent on-site replacement, an applicant may seek offset planting on public land; Council's DCP states that generally at least three off-site trees are required for each tree removed.

The current rule. A tree permit is required for any tree 5 metres or more high, with a canopy 4 metres or more wide, or a trunk circumference of 400 mm or more at 1 metre above ground level (combined for multi-trunk species). A permit is also required for any hollow-bearing tree and for severing roots over 50 mm, regardless of size, and for any palm (other than Cocos palms), cycad or tree fern of any size, and any tree on public land. A Development Application, not a tree permit, is needed to prune more than 10% of the canopy in any 12 months or to remove a tree in a Heritage Conservation Area, on a heritage item, on Council's Register of Significant Trees, or connected to Aboriginal heritage significance. Source: Randwick DCP 2025, Part B5 (adopted 30 June 2026, commenced 27 July 2026). Check current thresholds and exemptions on the Randwick Council tree requirements page.

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