Tree removal in Sherbrooke
Most of Sherbrooke is forest, and the forest is not yours to touch. On the private blocks around it, the catch is dead trees.
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Ask for a quoteSherbrooke Forest. Photo: Patche99z, Public domain
The rule in Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke is a small locality wrapped around a forest. Of our 25 points, 18 were in Sherbrooke Forest. The rest, the private land, sits under SLO1 like the forest does, and ESO1 covered 21 of the 25. Together they need a permit for native vegetation of any size, and for any other tree with a trunk more than:
- 1.1 m
- around at 1.3 m, the SLO1 threshold. ESO1 adds nothing for exotic trees.
- 4 m
- Both overlays exempt vegetation within 4 m of a building.
- 10 m
- The 10/30 rule. Every point was in a Bushfire Prone Area and the Bushfire Management Overlay. The rule.
Dead trees are where ESO1 matters most here: a standing dead tree more than 1.3 m around still needs a permit under ESO1, although SLO1 alone would exempt it.
Get a free property report from VicPlan to see which overlays cover your block.
Checked 7 October 2026 against Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 1 to Clause 42.03 (SLO1), Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 1 to Clause 42.01 (ESO1) and Victoria Planning Provisions, Clause 52.12 (bushfire protection exemptions).
Next to the forest
Sherbrooke Forest is wet forest within the Dandenong Ranges National Park, with cool temperate rainforest, listed as endangered under the state's Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act, in its gullies. Mountain ash dominates it, along with wombats, lyrebirds, platypus, gliders and possums. The forest is also in the Heritage Overlay, as a heritage place with tree controls.
None of that is yours to cut. A tree on the forest side of the boundary is public land, even when it shades your house. On your own block, the SLO1 and ESO1 rules above apply.
Checked 7 October 2026 against Wikipedia: Sherbrooke Forest, Wikipedia: Sherbrooke, Victoria, Wikipedia: Ferny Creek, Victoria and Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule to Clause 43.01 (Heritage Overlay).
Sherbrooke Road's gardens
Several old estates on Sherbrooke Road are heritage places. Marybrooke at number 10 and the George Tindale Gardens at Pallants Hill are in the Heritage Overlay with tree controls, so removing a tree there also needs a heritage permit. Burnham Beeches and the Alfred Nicholas Memorial Gardens, and Mawarra, are on the Victorian Heritage Register.
The first settler, Robert Graham, a former sea captain, named the place after Sherbrooke in Canada. He was its postmaster from 1894 until 1918, working from a hut behind his house, Merrimu, and both still stand.
Checked 7 October 2026 against Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule to Clause 43.01 (Heritage Overlay), Victoria Planning Provisions, Clause 43.01 (Heritage Overlay) and Wikipedia: Sherbrooke, Victoria.
The rule next door
- Kallista, Sassafras and Ferny Creek
- SLO1 at every point: native vegetation, and trees over 1.1 m around.
- Belgrave and Tecoma
- Below the forest, the township overlay SLO22: 50 cm around, and 2 m from a building.
- Selby
- SLO3, with SLO1's terms.
The permit guide has the rest.
Checked 7 October 2026 against Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 1 to Clause 42.03 (SLO1), Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 22 to Clause 42.03 (SLO22) and Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 3 to Clause 42.03 (SLO3).
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Tell us where you are and what needs doing. We pass it to a local arborist who works in the hills. They ring you back to talk about the job.