There are legislative controls in place to protect regulated and significant trees within the City of Playford.

The Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016 and Regulations provide that any ‘tree damaging activity’ to a regulated or significant tree is ‘development’ and therefore requires development approval.

A regulated tree has:

• a single trunk with a circumference of 1 metre or more - when measured 1 metre above natural ground level
• multiple trunks with a total circumference of 1 metre or more and an average circumference of 310 millimetres or more – when measured at 1 metre above natural ground level.

A significant tree has:

• a single trunk with a circumference of 2 metres or more measured at a point 1 metre above natural ground level
• multiple trunks with a total circumference of 2 metres or more and an average circumference of 625 millimetres or more when measured 1 metre above natural ground level.

For more information about the legal requirements and the rules that apply, visit: Significant and regulated trees - PlanSA

Please contact the Council’s Planning Services Department on 08 8256 0331 for further details.