If you are a resident or business owner in PAE with regulated or significant trees on your property, council can provide a small grant to assist with maintenance.

A reimbursement of up to $1,000 for tree maintenance on private land is available to eligible applicants. An additional $1,000 (making a total of $2,000) is available to eligible applicants that receive a Centrelink benefit or hold a Low Income Health Care Card (evidence required).

Eligible maintenance activities include:

• Pruning of the tree crown or branches (to remove dead or diseased wood, or branches at risk of structural failure)
• Pest treatments (to manage damage from insects, beetles, or borers)

Please note that a development approval may be required for certain types of tree maintenance works. Maintenance does not always need approval, but it is an offence to undertake works that meet the legal definition of ‘development’.

To be eligible, regulated trees must have a trunk circumference of 2+ metres and significant trees must have a circumference of 3+ meter's at 1 meter above natural ground level, your arborist will be able to assist in taking this measurement.

Eligibility:

Any non-government landowner in the City of PAE (whether an individual or a business) can apply. A Strata Corporation, Body Corporate or similar entity is also eligible to apply for works on common land.

• Phone: 08 8405 6600
• Email: tree.grants@cityofpae.sa.gov.au