Chartwell Hedge Pruning & Trimming
Hedge trimming, shaping and hard reductions in Chartwell — privacy screens up to 10 m, formal hedges, every clipping taken away.
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Hedge pruning and trimming in Chartwell, done properly
Chartwell, Mount Cottrell, Tarneit and Truganina: the hedges are much the same across the area — fast-growing screens planted for privacy that now need managing. We trim, shape and reduce them, clear overgrown boundary hedges back to a workable width, and take every clipping away.
The nearest suburbs we also cover are Mount Cottrell (2 km), Tarneit (5 km), Truganina (7 km), so a job in Chartwell is often paired with one next door. One of the reviews on this site is from Chartwell customers, and another 3 from Mount Cottrell, Tarneit and Truganina.
Formal hedges get string lines and a slight batter — narrower at the top than the bottom — so the base keeps its leaves. It is the detail that separates a hedge that stays dense for twenty years from one that goes see-through in five.
A reduction is agreed before it starts: how tall, how wide, how much light you want through. We cut to that, shape the result, and warn you if the species will look bare for a season before it fills — lilly pilly and photinia bounce back fast; conifers do not regrow from bare wood at all.
Hedge Pruning & Trimming in Chartwell — what we do
Tall privacy hedges
Screens and boundary hedges up to 10 m, from platforms.
Formal hedges
String-lined faces, level tops, crisp corners.
Hard reductions
Overgrown hedges brought back to a workable size.
Clippings removed
Chipped and taken away; nothing left on the drive.
A tip from Api
Trim formal hedges in late spring and again in late summer; screens once a year in late winter or early autumn. Avoid cutting in a heatwave — freshly cut foliage scorches.
The full service pages: Hedge Trimming and Green Waste Removal — every one available in Chartwell.
Guides from Api: Hedge trimming services in Melbourne: what is included and how the job is done · Hedge trimming contracts: what a regular hedge maintenance plan covers in Melbourne
Do you need a permit to remove a tree in Chartwell?
Homeowners in Chartwell ask this more than anything else, so here is Melton’s rule as the council publishes it.
Melton sits on the Victorian Volcanic Plain, where only about one per cent of the original grasslands and grassy woodlands survive, so native vegetation is tightly controlled: a planning permit is required from the council to remove, destroy or lop it under Clause 52.17, and inside the Urban Growth Boundary Clause 52.16 and the Native Vegetation Precinct Plans in the estate structure plans apply instead.
Threatened species and habitat can also bring in the Commonwealth EPBC Act. None of that touches a planted exotic in a suburban yard.
What does apply to every residential lot is the state canopy-tree clause — large trees near the street or rear boundary need a planning permit.
Source: Melton City Council — trees on private property. Read 13 September 2026; councils change their local laws, so Api checks the current rule when he quotes.
Across Victoria since 15 September 2025
Clause 52.37 Canopy Trees
A canopy tree is a tree more than 5 m tall, with a trunk circumference over 0.5 m at 1.4 m above the ground and a canopy at least 4 m across. In a residential zone a planning permit is needed to remove, destroy or lop one in a residential zone if the lot is vacant, or, where there is an existing house, if any part of the trunk is within 6 m of the narrowest street frontage or 4.5 m of the rear boundary.
Dead trees, emergency and safety works, maintenance pruning and listed weed species are exempt; councils usually condition a permit on planting a replacement canopy tree, and most decide these through VicSmart in about ten business days.
What this means for you: tell Api where the tree sits on the block and he will tell you whether a permit is needed before anything is cut — and where one is, we can prepare the arborist assessment the application needs.
Hedge trimming jobs by Api and the crew
Real jobs, real photos — Api, the crew and the truck, across Melbourne’s outer west. Nothing staged, nothing stock.
What Chartwell customers say
Catherine C
Chartwell · June 2022
“I have used APS Tree Removal Service previously and would use again. They provide a good service and I would Recommend them.”
Hedge trimming around Chartwell
The same crew, the same day rates, in the suburbs next door:
Other services in Chartwell
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What clients across Melbourne’s outer west say
beachcomber cafe
20 May 2024
Amazing company Highly recommend the boys did an amazing job .
jay a
14 May 2024
Excellent service.
Adriana Sonda
30 Apr 2024
Had Api and he's crew cut some trees down and mulch the stumps, great job, would recommend him,he is a gentleman and honest, good price too.
Riki Paiti
15 Apr 2024
Big Thanks to Api and his team, for the pruning and cutting of Trees/Bushes on my property. As well as giving me a hedge I never knew existed or could…
Ring Tones
15 Apr 2024
Friendly team. Excellent service. Budget friendly. Recommend ✌️
Nives Trento
1 Apr 2024
Api removed 3 tree stumps and cut down 1 tree at my home in Werribee. Api is a very polite person, reliable, hard working, professional and very reaso…
John G
4 Mar 2024
I can't speak highly enough of Aps Tree Removal, especially Api, who was an absolute gentleman throughout the entire process. From the moment he arriv…
robyn gilbert
4 Mar 2024
My parents got 4 large trees removed Api was amazing very high quality job carrying for my parents who are pensioners excellent communication my paren…
Pat Bullen
19 Feb 2024
We employed AP's Tree REMOVAL to cut and prune our trees and can only say how happy we are with the work there did. It was a pleasure from start to fi…
Beata
19 Feb 2024
PROFESSIONAL and HONEST!!! Api did an amazing job with pruning and removing our trees as well as thoroughly cleaning when finished with the job. Highl…
Ahbo Sar
12 Feb 2024
A Big Shout out to APS & Teams , Can’t thank enough for their beautiful work that have done in my yard. What an awesome , humble and honest people tha…
Monty
26 Nov 2023
I highly recommend Aps tree removal,
Chartwell Hedge Pruning & Trimming — common questions
Do I need a permit to remove a tree in Chartwell?
For native vegetation, yes — Melton requires a planning permit to remove, destroy or lop it under Clause 52.17 (Clause 52.16 inside the growth areas), and the Commonwealth can be involved on the western grasslands. For a planted exotic tree the state canopy-tree clause is what applies, if the tree is near a boundary in a residential zone. Across Victoria, Clause 52.37 Canopy Trees also applies since 15 September 2025: a planning permit is needed to remove, destroy or lop one in a residential zone if the lot is vacant, or, where there is an existing house, if any part of the trunk is within 6 m of the narrowest street frontage or 4.5 m of the rear boundary. Api checks both at the quote.
How much does hedge trimming cost in Chartwell?
By the job, quoted on site, free. Tell Api the height you want and whether you would like it on a yearly schedule; repeat customers pay less per visit because the hedge never gets away.
How long does it take?
Half a day is typical; the clean-up is included in that.
Can you get in if the access is tight?
Yes. Narrow paths, hedges against a wall, and hedges you can only reach from the neighbour’s side — we deal with all of them, and speak to the neighbour if we need to.
What happens to the waste?
Sheets under the hedge, everything raked and chipped, driveway and path blown. The mulch is yours if you want it; otherwise it goes to a green-waste recycler.
My hedge is bare at the bottom and too tall — can it be fixed?
Often, yes: reduce the height, narrow the top, feed and water it, and give it a season. Lilly pilly, pittosporum, photinia and viburnum all come back; conifers largely do not.