Land clearing & mulching across the Central Coast.

Block clearing for a build.

Whether it's a single house block in a Wyong estate or an acreage parcel at Erina or the Terrigal hinterland, clearing for a build means removing the trees, scrub and stumps in the building envelope and access — while retaining what's protected, valuable or required as screening. We work in with your builder's setbacks and the development approval, remove the vegetation cleanly, and grind the stumps so the pad is ready. Selective is almost always better than clear-felling: you keep the block's best trees and avoid unnecessary permit headaches.

Bushfire hazard-reduction & the RFS 10/50 code.

Large parts of the Central Coast — the Woy Woy peninsula, bushland-backed Erina near Strickland State Forest, and parts of Wyong — sit on RFS-mapped bushfire-prone land. Where your property falls inside the 10/50 Vegetation Clearing Entitlement Area (check your address on the NSW RFS online tool), the code lets you clear trees within 10m of a home and underlying shrubs within 50m, without a separate Council approval, to reduce fuel near the house. It applies only to your own land and only within the mapped area — it is not a blanket licence. We confirm eligibility against the RFS tool first, then do the work to create a proper defendable space.

Permits — what's allowed and what isn't.

Outside the 10/50 entitlement and other narrow exemptions, clearing native vegetation and removing protected trees is regulated by Central Coast Council, and larger or biodiversity-significant clearing falls under NSW vegetation law. Clearing tied to an approved development is handled through the DA conditions. We assess what's exempt, what needs a Private Tree Works approval, and what must be retained, and we can prepare the supporting arborist documentation. Getting this right matters — unlawful clearing on the Central Coast carries heavy penalties and can stall a build.

On-site mulching & chipping.

Hauling green waste off site is expensive, so we mulch and chip on site wherever we can. That turns the cleared scrub and limbs into usable mulch you can spread on garden beds, use for erosion control, or leave stockpiled on an acreage block. Larger logs are cut to firewood length or removed, and anything that has to leave site goes to a licensed facility. You decide how much to chip-and-keep versus haul away.

Selective clearing & tree protection (AS 4970).

On most blocks the right job is selective: keep the healthy, structurally sound trees that add value, shade and screening, and remove only what's dead, hazardous, weedy or in the way. Retained trees are protected during machine work to AS 4970 (Protection of Trees on Development Sites) — that means fencing the tree-protection zone and keeping machinery and fill off the root zone, so the trees you keep actually survive the build. Heavy-handed clearing that damages retained trees just creates hazards and removal jobs a year or two later.

Why we don't cut corners.

We don't clear-fell a block when selective clearing gives a better result, we don't rely on the 10/50 code without first checking your address on the RFS tool, and we don't strip protected vegetation and leave you exposed to a penalty. Crews work to SafeWork NSW requirements and we carry full public liability insurance. Big stumps left behind? See stump grinding; whole-tree work, see tree removal.