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Australian Arbor Care – Useful Resources

Laws, rules and regulations about what you can and cannot do on your property and with your trees can be confusing.
A great starting point is to contact your local Council for information about Vegetation Protection Orders, Significant Landscape Trees, Covenants and Overlays or to see if your tree is a declared weed species. They are there to assist with enquiries about or the maintenance of Council’s Natural Assets (Street Trees) and fence line pruning laws including disputes with neighbours.
For concerns with neighbouring trees on private property, it is always best to try to find a solution with your neighbour first where possible. If the concern becomes a dispute, review the rights and responsibilities contained with the Neighbour Disputes (Dividing Fences and Tree) ACT 2011. 

Here’s a short list of the sites I keep returning to find information to help our customers, I hope they help you too.