Tree removal in Hoddles Creek
Hoddles Creek is hill farms and forest south of the Yarra, under one farm overlay almost everywhere and the erosion overlay across a quarter of it.
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The rule in Hoddles Creek
One overlay covers nearly all of Hoddles Creek: SLO6, at 466 of the 492 points we sampled. Every point was in a Bushfire Prone Area. SLO6 needs a permit for native vegetation of any size and for any tree bigger than:
- 1.1 m
- around the trunk, 1.3 m above the ground, about 35 cm across.
- 4 m
- From a building, the first 4 m is exempt.
- 10 m
- The 10/30 rule, for a house built or approved before 10 September 2009. The conditions.
Dead vegetation is exempt, except a big standing dead tree where ESO1 also applies (299 points). Young regrowth is not exempt under SLO6.
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Checked 23 October 2026 against Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 6 to Clause 42.03 (SLO6), Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 1 to Clause 42.01 (ESO1) and Victoria Planning Provisions, Clause 52.12 (bushfire protection exemptions).
A quarter of it on erosion-prone ground
An erosion overlay came up at 122 points, about a quarter of the locality, across the farming and conservation zones alike. On that land it is the tighter rule: any vegetation needs a permit unless it is a tree 50 cm or less around, within 2 m of a building, dead with the ground reinstated, or being lopped for health or stability. Digging out stumps there is works, and needs asking about first.
Checked 23 October 2026 against Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule to Clause 44.01 (EMO) and Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 3 to Clause 44.01 (EMO3).
Vineyards, berries and tree farms
Hoddles Creek has vineyards, berry farms and tree farms. Under SLO6, planted windrows, woodlots and landscaping can be removed without a permit when the work follows a property management plan the council has accepted. The state's native vegetation clause applies alongside it on any block of 0.4 ha or more.
Checked 23 October 2026 against Wikipedia: Hoddles Creek, Victoria, Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 6 to Clause 42.03 (SLO6) and Victoria Planning Provisions, Clause 52.17 (native vegetation).
Hoddle's creek
The creek and the town are named for Robert Hoddle, who surveyed the area in 1844. The gold rush of the 1860s made it, and it was one of the larger mining fields in Victoria into the 1900s. Its post office went by the name Warburton for a few years in the 1870s. The primary school, founded in 1916, carries heritage tree controls.
Checked 23 October 2026 against Wikipedia: Hoddles Creek, Victoria and Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule to Clause 43.01 (Heritage Overlay).
The rule next door
- Gladysdale and Yellingbo
- More SLO6 farm and bush country.
- Cockatoo and Gembrook
- Across the boundary in Cardinia Shire, whose overlays work differently.
Checked 23 October 2026 against Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 6 to Clause 42.03 (SLO6) and Cardinia Shire Council: vegetation removal.
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