Kincumber South
Tree lopping in Kincumber South
Tree lopping, removal and stump grinding in Kincumber South, from the gum-lined rural roadsides to the old church and orphanage grounds.
Tree work in Kincumber South
The gums that keep McKillop Drive rural
Gosford City Council's significant tree register, under its South Kincumber heading, listed Sydney red gum, red bloodwood, blackbutt and grey gum along the entire roadside of McKillop Drive. Its entry for the blackbutts, on council road reserve, noted that the ambience of such areas is essential to the retention of South Kincumber's rural character.
Those roadside trees are the council's to lop or remove, so a branch over a fence or a root under a path is taken up with the council rather than cut. They are tall, heavy-limbed eucalypts and angophoras, and a job on a block behind them protects their root zones and plans every drop zone around their big limbs.
Services in Kincumber South
Big limbs, root zones and listed grounds
Tree pruning
Heavy limbs over a roof shortened on the blocks behind the roadside gums.
Tree removal
Big eucalypts on private blocks taken down in pieces, with nothing dropped toward a registered tree.
Stump grinding
Stumps ground out without cutting into the roots of the Sydney red gum, red bloodwood, blackbutt and grey gum along the road.
How it works
From the first message to a written quote
The council question is settled before any price, and nothing is booked until you have said yes to a quote in writing.
- 1
Tell us what the tree is doing
Where it stands, what it is close to and what you would like done about it.
- 2
A contractor comes to see it
A tree contractor who covers your suburb looks at the tree, the access and what is underneath it.
- 3
The council question is answered
Height, trunk size, distance from the house and the species decide whether a permit or an exemption applies.
- 4
You get it in writing
Scope, timber, stump and date on one page, and nothing is booked until you have said yes.
Kincumber South questions
A landmark red gum and the church grounds
Does a privately owned landmark gum still need approval?
Owning it does not settle the question. North of where McKillop Road meets Empire Bay Drive, the register listed a privately owned Sydney red gum as a large outstanding specimen and a landmark frequently the subject of artists. A tree of that standing goes to the council before any removal or heavy pruning, and an angophora that size sheds heavy limbs, so work near it is rigged with a clear drop zone.
Who handles trees in the old church and orphanage grounds?
The council's heritage officer. Schedule 5 of the Central Coast LEP 2022 lists two heritage items in the suburb: the convent and chapel of the Kincumber orphanage, and Holy Cross church and graveyard. Trees within listed grounds can form part of the item, and the council's ordinary tree rules stop short of a heritage item, so work there starts with the heritage process.
