Tree Removal In Kincumber, New South Wales
Local Tree Removal Gosford provides tree removal in Kincumber, for homes and commercial properties, along with tree cutting, pruning, stump grinding, arborist assessments, land clearing and emergency storm work. This page covers the forest community named after Kincumber, and the reserves and foreshore that decide what you can remove.
A Forest Community Named After The Suburb
Kincumber Scribbly Gum Forest is listed in NSW as a critically endangered ecological community. The NSW Scientific Committee’s final determination was gazetted on 4 July 2008, and the state’s threatened species profile says the community is restricted to a small area on the Bouddi Peninsula, south of Kincumber. The profile names clearing and fragmentation as the threat. Council’s tree exemptions don’t apply to endangered ecological communities, so a tree that is part of this forest can’t be dealt with under them. The full list of exemptions is on our home page.
The forest’s canopy is an open mix of these trees:
| Tree | Common name |
|---|---|
| Eucalyptus racemosa | Scribbly gum |
| Angophora costata | Smooth-barked apple |
| Corymbia gummifera | Red bloodwood |
| Syncarpia glomulifera | Turpentine |
| Eucalyptus piperita | Sydney peppermint |
Finding one of these trees doesn’t make it protected, and missing them doesn’t make it safe. All five grow in many places. The listed community is defined by the whole mix of species, not by a single tree. If you have several of them together on bushland-style ground south of Kincumber, get an arborist or ecologist to identify the vegetation before anyone cuts. Our arborist page explains the evidence council asks for.
Reserves, Bushland And The Broadwater
Kincumba Mountain Reserve
A bushland reserve lies within Kincumber, between the town and the Broadwater. A tree on reserve land isn’t yours to remove, even if a branch hangs over your fence.
Council bushland and wetland lots
Council’s community land plan of management (in force 14 July 2025) lists Kincumber lots as natural area bushland (including Cullens Road, Ballorok Road, Abundance Street and Davies Street), watercourse (Nijorie Close and Gunya Road) and wetland (Avoca Drive and Carrak Road), plus Kincumber South lots on Humphreys Road classed as foreshore and wetland. Contact council on 02 4306 7900 about a tree on any of them.
Mangroves on the foreshore
A 2024 Coast Community News item reported anglers cleaning up the mangroves and foreshore at Kincumber. NSW DPI Fisheries requires a permit to harm mangroves, saltmarsh or seagrass on the foreshore up to about 1.0 m AHD. The rule is explained on our Davistown page.
Land near a creek
Where a watercourse is nearby, land within 40 m of the bank has its own rules for removing vegetation, covered on our Erina page.
Before You Book In Kincumber
- Work out whose land the tree is on: yours, council’s, or a reserve. Council can tell you on 02 4306 7900.
- Identify the vegetation, especially if you’re south of Kincumber on bushland-style ground with several of the canopy trees above.
- Look at what grows at the water’s edge if your block touches the Broadwater.
- Check for a development consent on your land. Consent-authorised removal is outside council’s tree chapter.
- If a storm has brought a tree down, start with our emergency tree removal page. For a bigger block, see land clearing.
- Decide about the stump. Our stump grinding page covers the options.
Get your Kincumber tree looked at
Tell us where the tree is, whether it’s near a reserve or the water, and what you’d like done. Photos help.