Tree removal in Coldstream

A floodplain suburb

The flood overlay came up at 170 points, more than a quarter of the locality, nearly all of it on the farmland. It needs a permit for buildings and works, a new fence included, but not for removing a tree; clause 62.02 keeps vegetation removal out of a works permit. Filling a hole where a tree came out, or raising a building pad, is works.

Checked 23 October 2026 against Victoria Planning Provisions, Clause 44.04 (Land Subject to Inundation Overlay) and Victoria Planning Provisions, Clause 62.02 (buildings and works not requiring a permit).

SLO2 on the flats, SLO6 beside it

Of the 541 points in the main farming zone, 337 were under SLO2, the open valley landscape, and 204 under SLO6. Both catch native plants of any size and trees thicker than 1.1 m around, with an exemption 4 m out from a building. SLO2 lets young regrowth on lawfully cleared land go; SLO6 has no such exemption. ESO1 came up at 102 points, with its permit for standing dead trees over 1.3 m around.

Checked 23 October 2026 against Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 2 to Clause 42.03 (SLO2), Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 6 to Clause 42.03 (SLO6) and Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 1 to Clause 42.01 (ESO1).

Melba, Yering and the railway

The town grew around the station after the railway came in 1888; before that the place was called The Lodge. Two homes here are on the Victorian Heritage Register: Chateau Yering, the old Yering homestead, and Coombe Cottage, Dame Nellie Melba's home from 1909 to 1931. The local fire brigade was set up after the serious fires of 1962.

Several Coldstream heritage places carry tree controls, nearly all on private land: old homesteads, the ruins of the St Hubert's stables and wine cellar, and an Aboriginal canoe tree protected together with the ground within 10 m of it. If your block has a Heritage Overlay, the property report gives its number.

DDO5 on the residential streets and DDO20 in the town centre shape new buildings, and need no permit for a tree.

Checked 23 October 2026 against Wikipedia: Coldstream, Victoria, Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule to Clause 43.01 (Heritage Overlay), Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 5 to Clause 43.02 (DDO5) and Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 20 to Clause 43.02 (DDO20).

The rule next door

Lilydale

Its streets split between SLO22 and SLO23.

Yarra Glen

SLO23 in town, and SLO2 over most of its flats, like Coldstream's.

Yering and Gruyere

SLO2 at Yering's centre point, SLO6 at Gruyere's.

Checked 23 October 2026 against Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 22 to Clause 42.03 (SLO22), Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 23 to Clause 42.03 (SLO23) and Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 2 to Clause 42.03 (SLO2).