01What changes in Perth
City of Perth says its street trees are managed under its policies and residents can request additional pruning for case-by-case assessment. Its policy emphasises minimal interference, health and natural form and sets specific clearance objectives for City-managed work. Those City settings do not apply automatically in Joondalup, Wanneroo, Canning or Rockingham, where the relevant council and land owner must be checked.
WA Building and Energy warns that cutting vegetation near powerlines is dangerous and says work within the relevant danger zones requires compliance with its mandatory code, specialist training and authorisation.
It separately encourages property owners to engage suitably qualified arborists and states that vegetation workers and equipment cannot enter defined zones without meeting the code. A Perth campaign should therefore ask whether wires are present before accepting routine pruning intent and should never tell customers to measure by approaching the conductors.
Private removal may also be affected by planning, development, strata, heritage or local controls. The quote should identify inspection, pruning standard, rigging, elevated access, traffic management, stump and waste inclusions. Before-and-after work should only be described as authorised where the provider holds the approval record, and no “storm-proof” result should be inferred from crown reduction.
