Highland Park
Tree removal in Highland Park
Tree pruning, removal and stump grinding in Highland Park, inside the gated resort and along the bushland parks.
Tree work in Highland Park
Bushland that held back new housing
When the City of Gold Coast studied the Highland Park investigation area for more housing, its November 2024 report found the area's suitability limited by environmental values and bushfire hazard. The same two things shape tree work on the blocks that already border bush here: what burns near a house, and what the City wants kept.
In the City Plan, the bushfire hazard overlay shows part of Kincaid Park in Highland Park as Very High Potential Bushfire Intensity, with other parts marked as Potential Impact Buffer. Houses alongside it are worth keeping clear of overhanging limbs and leaf litter on the private side, around the roof, gutters and walls. The park's own trees belong to the council and are not the neighbours' to cut.
Services in Highland Park
Bush edges, a resort gate and big gums
Tree pruning
Dead wood and low limbs taken out of trees that stand near the bush.
Tree removal
Big gums taken down in sections where they stand over the house or the fence.
Tree removal permits
The City's vegetation and koala rules worked through before a gum comes out.
What it costs: tree removal cost, stump grinding cost, palm removal cost
Compared: removal, lopping or pruning, stump grinding or stump removal, council tree rules compared
How it works
Four steps, and the permit comes before the price
Nothing happens without a written quote you have agreed to.
- 1
Call or send the form
Include the suburb, your details and what needs to be done.
- 2
A contractor comes to see it
On site, not off a photo, because access and what sits underneath change the job.
- 3
The permit position is checked
Against the city's vegetation mapping and the koala controls, before a price is given.
- 4
Quoted in writing
The quote sets out the scope, the timber, the stump and the date. Then a date is booked.
Highland Park questions
Behind the resort gate, and beside koala habitat
How does tree work happen inside the gated resort?
Entry is sorted out first. Highland Park includes a gated residential resort of 307 detached houses, so a truck, chipper or elevated platform needs access arranged with the resort before the day. With that many neighbours inside the gate, the work is usually booked and staged around them, which can add lead time and limit the size of machine that fits.
What if the block backs onto Fred Cass Family Park?
Then the koala rules come first. The City Plan's koala habitat areas overlay covers part of Fred Cass Family Park, so a big gum on a block next to it is checked against the City's koala and vegetation rules before it is removed or cut back hard. A tree with a koala in it is left alone until the animal moves on.
