Tree removal in Seville
Seville's town has one tree rule. Its orchards and vineyards have two, which agree on everything except young regrowth.
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The rule in Seville
Seville's township streets are under SLO22: all 16 of the residential points we sampled. SLO22 needs a permit for indigenous vegetation of any size and for any tree larger than this:
- 50 cm
- around the trunk, 1.3 m up. A trunk of about 16 cm.
- 2 m
- The first 2 m around a building is exempt. Overhanging branches can be cut back to leave 2 m clear of the house, garage or shed.
- 10 m
- The 10/30 rule. All 16 town points were in a Bushfire Prone Area, and 243 of the 244 overall. The conditions.
Dead vegetation, pruning that helps a plant regenerate and the listed environmental weeds are exempt. DDO5, on the same streets, guides new buildings and needs no permit for a tree.
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Checked 23 October 2026 against Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 22 to Clause 42.03 (SLO22), Victoria Planning Provisions, Clause 52.12 (bushfire protection exemptions) and Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 5 to Clause 43.02 (DDO5).
Orchards and vineyards: SLO5 and SLO6
Seville sits in the Yarra Valley wine region, and most of its land is farmed. Two landscape overlays cover the farms: SLO6 at 133 of our points and SLO5, the red-soil farming overlay, at 92. In one of the farming zones every point was SLO5.
- What they share
- A permit for native vegetation of any size and trees over 1.1 m around; exempt within 4 m of a building, dead vegetation, pruning for health up to a third of a plant, and planted windrows and woodlots removed under a property management plan.
- Where they differ
- SLO5 exempts regrowth under 10 years old on land lawfully cleared of native vegetation. SLO6 doesn't, so the same young wattles need a permit on one block and not on the next.
Checked 23 October 2026 against Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 5 to Clause 42.03 (SLO5) and Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 6 to Clause 42.03 (SLO6).
The erosion overlay
The erosion overlays came up at 46 points, all of them on farmland. Where one applies it is the stricter test: any vegetation needs a permit except a tree 50 cm or less around, anything within 2 m of a building, dead vegetation where the ground is put back, and lopping for a tree's health or stability. ESO1, at 41 points, keeps a permit for standing dead trees over 1.3 m around.
Checked 23 October 2026 against Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule to Clause 44.01 (EMO), Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 3 to Clause 44.01 (EMO3) and Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 1 to Clause 42.01 (ESO1).
A post office that changed its name
Seville's first post office opened in 1884 as Wandin North, and was renamed. The town sits along the Warburton Highway and on the old railway line, now the Warburton Trail. St Paul's Church of England on the highway is a heritage place with tree controls.
Checked 23 October 2026 against Wikipedia: Seville, Victoria, Wikipedia: Wandin North, Victoria and Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule to Clause 43.01 (Heritage Overlay).
The rule next door
- Wandin North
- SLO5 and SLO6 on the farms again, and SLO22 in its village.
- Woori Yallock
- SLO22 in town, SLO6 on most farms, and SLO2 and the flood overlay on its conservation land.
- Seville East and Yellingbo
- SLO6 at both centre points. SLO22 names Seville East with Seville and Woori Yallock as country towns.
Checked 23 October 2026 against Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 5 to Clause 42.03 (SLO5), Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 6 to Clause 42.03 (SLO6) and Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedule 22 to Clause 42.03 (SLO22).
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