I am considering removing a tree on my property. What do I need to do?
Colwood's Urban Forest Bylaw helps to protect and grow our declining urban forest. If the tree you are planning to remove is a protected tree, you will need to obtain a Tree Management Permit.
Apply for a Tree Management Permit
To apply for a Tree Management Permit, complete the online Tree Management Permit Application and submit along with a Tree Site Plan or a Tree Management Plan, and photos of the trees you are applying to remove.
- If you are removing less than five protected trees, you can submit a Tree Site Plan. Sample Tree Site Plan. [PDF/114KB]
- If you are cutting more than five protected trees, you will need to provide a Tree Management Plan prepared by a qualified professional.
The application fee for a Tree Management Permit is $75 for one tree, and $25 for each additional tree up to five trees. The application fee for removing more than 5 trees is $200.
Planting replacement trees
Replacement trees are to be planted on the same lot as the tree removals. When removing one to five trees, they must be replaced at a 1:1 ratio. When removing more than five trees, they must be replaced at a 2:1 ratio.
A security deposit of $250 per replacement tree is required. Security deposits are reimbursed in full with confirmation that the replacement tree has been planted and survived for at least one year.
Replacement trees must be at least 1.5m in height and a native species found in Coastal Douglas-fir ecosystem.
If replacement trees cannot be planted on the same lot, $250 cash in lieu per replacement tree is required to plant trees elsewhere in the community.
When is a Tree Management Permit not required?
Permits are not required to remove or cut a tree when:
- A tree does not qualify as a protected tree.
- A tree must be cut in response to an emergency in order to protect public safety or private property (conditions still apply related to replacement of such trees).
- Removing or pruning a hedge, which has five or more trees that are less than 5m in height and 1.25m apart.
- Pruning is performed in accordance with sound arboricultural practices
- Pruning does not include: lift pruning of lower limbs such that the live crown ratio is less than 50%, removal of more than 25% of the crown in one season, topping, or pruning or removal of a structural root within the critical root zone.
Have more questions about Tree Management Permits?
For more information about tree removal on private property, please contact Development Services at 250-294-8153 or planning@colwood.ca.
If you are concerned about a City owned tree in a park or boulevard, use our online Action Request Form or call Colwood Public Works at 250-474-4133.
If you would like to report an unauthorized removal or trees in progress, please contact a Bylaw Enforcement Officer at bylaw@colwood.ca or use the online Action Request Form.
Planned Tree Removal
Listed below are properties where the City is aware that tree removal is planned in accordance with the Interim Urban Forest Bylaw.
Colwood's urban forest is declining every year, and much of this loss is occurring on private land. In 2018, Colwood Council adopted an Interim Urban Forest Bylaw to preserve trees on both private and public property and to assist in protecting the City's urban forest. If you wish to cut or remove a tree on public or private property, please contact the City first.
Address | Date Authorized |
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635 Pattmatt Place | September 16, 2024 |
2311 Esther Place | August 21, 2024 |
574 Tena Place | August 21, 2024 |
2147 Sooke Road | August 21, 2024 |
803 Cuaulta Crescent | May 17, 2024 |
2857 Acacia Drive | May 17, 2024 |
3401 Sunheights Drive | May 16, 2024 |
2909 Pickford Road | May 16, 2024 |
3278 Zapta Place | May 15, 2024 |
3315 Batik Place | April 24, 2024 |
2894 Hagel Road | April 19. 2024 |
2850 Acacia Drive | April 19, 2024 |
3440 Sunheights Drive | April 11, 2024 |
2936 Pickford Road | April 11, 2024 |
2316 Marlene Drive | April 10, 2024 |
3347 Roberlack Road | March 28, 2024 |
3250 Zapata Place | March 22, 2024 |
3332 Mary Anne Crescent | March 22, 2024 |
2316 Marlene Drive | March 18, 2024 |
427 Terrahue Road | March 15, 2024 |
3289 Galloway Road | March 14, 2024 |
2305 Esther Place | March 13, 2024 |
3343 Wishart Road | March 11, 2024 |
3271 Galloway Road | February 21, 2024 |
2303 Sooke Road | February 13, 2024 |
3425 Karger Terrace | February 9, 2024 |
561 Heatherly Road | February 2, 2024 |
Latoria South near Latoria Creek Park | February 1, 2024 |
2330 Sooke Road | January 24, 2024 |
3329 Wickheim Road | January 11, 2024 |
786 Cuaulta Crescent | December 18, 2023 |
3399 Fulton Road | November 30, 2023 |
2730 Wale Road | November 14, 2023 |
221 Goldfinch Road | October 31, 2023 |
293 Portsmouth Drive | October 30, 2023 |
3063 Metchosin Road | October 20, 2023 |
3547 Charnley Place | October 18, 2023 |
604 Hammond Court | October 5, 2023 |
511 Brough Place | September 28, 2023 |
545 Ridley Drive | September 18, 2023 |
3281 Galloway Road | September 8, 2023 |
475 Delora Drive | August 31, 2023 |
3360 Summerhill Crescent | August 31, 2023 |
2880 Hagel Road | August 18, 2023 |
475 Delora Drive | August 2, 2023 |
528 Bunker Road | July 7, 2023 |
610 Hallsor Drive | July 7, 2023 |
3468 Propeller Place | July 5, 2023 |
629 Goldstream Ave (Royal Colwood Golf Course) | June 26, 2023 |
826 Cuaulta Crescent | June 26, 2023 |
822 Cuaulta Crescent | June 26, 2023 |
3079 Metchosin Road | June 20, 2023 |
525 Mount View Ave | June 15, 2023 |
568 Langholme Drive | June 7, 2023 |
2857 Acacia Drive | June 2, 2023 |
3193 Matilda Drive | June 1, 2023 |
848 Cuaulta Cres | May 30, 2023 |
2424 Marlene Drive | May 19, 2023 |
777 Sunridge Valley Drive | May 10, 2023 |
2933 Oldcorn Place | April 28, 2023 |
3324 Joanne Place | April 25, 2023 |
424 Bidwell Place | April 25, 2023 |
Haida Drive (common property) | April 21, 2023 |
3053 Carola Place | April 19, 2023 |
3335 Haida Drive | April 14, 2023 |
433 Gamble Place | April 11, 2023 |
820 Batting Place | April 5, 2023 |
530 Pearkes Road | March 24, 2023 |
3432 Fulton Road | March 24, 2023 |
613 Mount View Ave | March 15, 2023 |
2250 Sooke Road | March 10, 2023 |
614 Kelly Road | March 10, 2023 |
566B Bunker Road | March 3, 2023 |
300 Milburn Drive | February 23, 2023 |
671 Medalist Ave | February 23, 2023 |
3551 Charnley Place | February 21, 2023 |
519 Acland Ave | February 1, 2023 |
1913 Sooke Road | February 1, 2023 |
711 Demel Pl | January 25, 2023 |
3420 Mary Anne Cres | January 18, 2023 |
856 Sunridge Valley Dr | January 18, 2023 |
820 Bexhill Place | December 7, 2022 |
3445 Karger Terr | December 2, 2022 |
527 Acland Ave | December 2, 2022 |
525 Mount View Ave | November 28, 2022 |
3540 Proudfoot Place | November 21, 2022 |
3108 Flannagan Pl | November 18, 2022 |
3392 Fulton Road | November 15, 2022 |
2985 Charlotte Dr | November 14, 2022 |
192 Belmont Road | October 24, 2022 |
580 Stornoway Dr | October 24, 2022 |
466 Dressler Road | October 14, 2022 |
3019 Volmer Road | October 14, 2022 |
3129 Carran Road | October 14, 2022 |
575 Stornoway Dr | October 14, 2022 |
3365B Painter Rd | September 29, 2022 |
3166 Woodpark Dr | September 29, 2022 |
590 Langholme Dr | September 29, 2022 |
675 Medalist Ave | September 26, 2022 |
445 Sue Mar Place | September 23, 2022 |
2928 Deborah Place | September 22, 2022 |
3086 Metchosin Road | September 22, 2022 |
550 Stornoway Drive | September 22, 2022 |
3340 Betula Place | September 15, 2022 |
2315 Esther Place | September 12, 2022 |
3415 Fulton Road | August 29, 2022 |
3549 Promenade Cres | August 29, 2022 |
443 Dressler Road | August 26, 2022 |
2339 Sooke Road | August 25, 2022 |
2861 Pickford Road | August 18, 2022 |
671 Medalist Ave | August 11, 2022 |
3134 Metchosin Road | July 29, 2022 |
2329 Sooke Road | July 25, 2022 |
2957 Charlotte Drive | July 19, 2022 |
2866 Hagel Road | July 7, 2022 |
222 Belmont Road | July 4, 2022 |
2524 Sooke Road | June 30, 2022 |
655 Jadel Drive | June 28, 2022 |
3340 Acemink Road | June 21, 2022 |
3551 Promenade Cres | June 20, 2022 |
2417 Marlene Drive | June 15, 2022 |
300 Milburn Drive | June 13, 2022 |
409 Raynerwood Place | June 8, 2022 |
671 Medalist Ave | May 25, 2022 |
534 Fargo Place | May 19, 2022 |
805 Cuaulta Cres | May 18, 2022 |
3474 Fulton Road | May 13, 2022 |
407 Raynerwood Place | May 13, 2022 |
539 Bunker Road | April 26, 2022 |
3367 Wishart Road | April 26, 2022 |
3442 Karger Terr | April 21, 2022 |
3283 Mary Anne Cres | April 14, 2022 |
712 Demel Place | April 12, 2022 |
537 Acland Ave | April 8, 2022 |
3363 Ravenwood Road | April 7, 2022 |
3079 Brittany Drive | April 1, 2022 |
379 Farview Road | March 29, 2022 |
628 Cairndale Road | March 29, 2022 |
1985 Colwood Cres | March 22, 2022 |
3055 Jenner Road | March 13, 2022 |
2276 Marlene Drive | March 8, 2022 |
3346 Willowdale Road | March 3, 2022 |
3130 Metchosin Road | Feb 28, 2022 |
3304 Mary Anne Cres | Feb 28, 2022 |
543 Stornoway Dr | Feb 24, 2022 |
3326 Sewell Rd | Feb 23, 2022 |
466 Terrahue Rd | Feb 22, 2022 |
3277 Galloway Dr | Feb 22, 2022 |
2918 Denice Place | Feb 17, 2022 |
3568 Promenade Cres | Feb 4, 2022 |
2231 Sooke Rd | Feb 3, 2022 |
567A Windthrop Rd | Feb 1, 2022 |
533 Stornoway Dr | Feb 1, 2022 |
3341 Wishart Rd | Jan 28, 2022 |
3304 Mary Anne Cres | Jan 24, 2022 |
Pattison Way | Dec 21, 2021 |
570 Cedarcrest Dr | Dec 20, 2021 |
2324 Sooke Road | Dec 16, 2021 |
3307A Metchosin Road | Dec 3, 2021 |
3648 Propeller Place | Nov 30, 2021 |
3307B Metchosin Road | Nov 30, 2021 |
3332 Betula Place | Nov 15, 2021 |
3311 Painter Road | Nov 3, 2021 |
455 Webb Place | Nov 3, 2021 |
422 Tipton Ave | Oct 28, 2021 |
3329 Anchorage | Oct 25, 2021 |
309 Benhomer Rd | Oct 4, 2021 |
3232 Sedgwick Dr | September 21, 2021 |
3342 Dundonald Road | September 15, 2021 |
551 Bezanton Way | September 14, 2021 |
465 Dressler Road | August 27, 2021 |
569 Tory Place | August 20, 2021 |
445 Dressler Rd | August 20, 2021 |
764 Cuaulta Cres | August 9, 2021 |
737 Bexhill Road | August 3, 2021 |
3342 Acemink Road | July 26, 2021 |
3542 Proudfoot Place | July 23, 2021 |
570 Cedarcrest Drive | July 20, 2021 |
3343 Acemink Road | July 7, 2021 |
3440 Blue Sky Place | June 29, 2021 |
490 Tipton Avenue | June 24, 2021 |
2313 Alicia Place | June 15, 2021 |
3355 Tibbitt Cres | June 15, 2021 |
3404 Metchosin Road | June 10, 2021 |
2941 Deborah Place | May 31, 2021 |
627 Tyler Terrace | June 9, 2021 |
3167 Pearkes Road | June 1, 2021 |
600B Kildew Road | May 26, 2021 |
550 Hallsor Drive | May 25, 2021 |
2329 Sooke Road | May 26, 2021 |
3396 Metchosin Road | May 20, 2021 |
481 Webb Place | June 8, 2021 |
2874 Pickford Road | May 12, 2021 |
3332 Mary Anne Cres | May 11, 2021 |
2884 Acacia Drive | May 4, 2021 |
3091 Volmer Road | May 4, 2021 |
2910 Yeta Terrace | Apr 29, 2021 |
2147 Sooke Road | May 17, 2021 |
2871 Pickford Road | Apr 21, 2021 |
3510 Lynnlark Road | Apr 19, 2021 |
668 Cairndale Road | Apr 13, 2021 |
3273 Galloway Road | Apr 14, 2021 |
3342 Wikheim Road | Apr 19, 2021 |
3337 Betula Place | Apr 16, 2021 |
582 Ledham Road | Apr 13, 2021 |
636 Pattmatt Place | Mar 22, 2021 |
676 Townview Terrace | Apr 19, 2021 |
623 Kelly Road | Mar 31, 2021 |
2250 Sooke Road | Mar 31, 2021 |
561 Acland Avenue | Mar 11, 2021 |
2324 Sooke Road | Mar 4, 2021 |
530 Langholme Drive | Mar 10, 2021 |
303 Milburn Drive | Feb 24, 2021 |
3236 Metchosin Road | Feb 16, 2021 |
3331 Wishart Road | Feb 11, 2021 |
240 Milburn Drive | Feb 4, 2021 |
729 Demel Place | Feb 4, 2021 |
3322 Fulton Road | Feb 4, 2021 |
3116 Wishart Road | Feb 3, 2021 |
321 Milburn Drive | Feb 4, 2021 |
273 Portsmouth Drive | Jan 29, 2021 |
519 Brough Place | Feb 5, 2021 |
2825 Pickford Road | Jan 22, 2021 |
3432 Sunheights Drive | Jan 19, 2021 |
3236 Metchosin Road | Jan 18, 2021 |
303 Daniel Place | Jan 22, 2021 |
544 Mount View | Jan 18, 2021 |
2956 Pickford Road | Dec 15, 2020 |
124 Leila Place | Dec 15, 2020 |
715 Grousewood Place | Dec 15, 2020 |
629 Goldstream Ave (Royal Colwood) | Dec 4, 2020 |
2312 Esther Place | Dec 4, 2020 |
517 Latoria Road | Dec 15, 2020 |
523 Mt. View Avenue | March 17, 2020 |
3043A Pickford Road | March 17, 2020 |
3251 Clement Road | March 17, 2020 |
3374 Billhirst Place | March 5, 2020 |
3360 Wellsmith Crescent | February 25, 2020 |
3324 Fulton Road | February 25, 2020 |
565 Tory Place | February 25, 2020 |
786 Cualta Crescent | January 31, 2020 |
435 Bidwell Place | January 31, 2020 |
2908 Adye Road | January 14, 2020 |
365 Maywell Place | January 3, 2020 |
587 Heatherly Road | December 19, 2019 |
3240 Metchosin Road | December 12, 2019 |
3240 Metchosin Road | December 11, 2019 |
846 Cualta Crescent | December 11, 2019 |
3547 Charnley Place | December 5, 2019 |
2956 Pickford Road | November 27, 2019 |
3360 Summerhill Road | November 27, 2019 |
3357 Mary Anne Crescent | November 8, 2019 |
3361 Pattison Way | November 8, 2019 |
2917 Pickford Road | October 1, 2019 |
3361 Pattison Way | October 1, 2019 |
365 Maywell Place | October 1, 2019 |
3417 Fulton Road | September 11, 2019 |
3327 Wishart Road | August 23, 2019 |
684 Townview Terrace | August 23, 2019 |
551 Bezanton Way | August 23, 2019 |
817 Bexhill Place | August 23, 2019 |
3307 Painter Road | August 23, 2019 |
774 Drummond Way | August 21, 2019 |
471 Dressler Road | July 31, 2019 |
3303 Anchorage Avenue | July 30, 2019 |
2882 Hagel Road | July 30, 2019 |
3432 Fulton Road | July 30,2 019 |
2850 Acaia Drive | July 4, 2019 |
621 Evans Drive | July 4, 2019 |
520 Langholme Drive | July 4, 2019 |
592 Heatherly Road | July 2, 2019 |
427 Pelican Drive | Jun 7, 2019 |
2403 Sooke Road | June 7, 2019 |
3265G Galloway Road | June 7, 2019 |
3351 Wishart Road | May 31, 2019 |
3287 Haida Drive | June 7, 2019 |
3290 Fulton Road | June 7, 2019 |
824 Bexhill Road | June 7, 2019 |
522 Acland Road | May 31, 2019 |
588 Langholme Road | May 31, 2019 |
3340 Mary Anne Crescent | May 15, 2019 |
545 Delora Avenue | May 15, 2019 |
2237 Aldeane Avenue | May 15, 2019 |
640 Mount View Avenue | May 8, 2019 |
3345 Mary Anne Crescent | May 8, 2019 |
2305 Esther Place | May 8, 2019 |
3646 Propeller Place | April 23, 2019 |
3159 Antrobus Crescent | April 23, 2019 |
628 Kelly Road | April 18, 2019 |
395 Cotlow Road | April 18, 2019 |
2864 Acacia Drive | April 18, 2019 |
207 Seafield Road | April 18, 2019 |
3339 Dundonald Road | April 4, 2019 |
3287 Galloway Road | March 20, 2019 |
610 Eiderwood Place | March 27, 2019 |
326 Ridley Drive | March 26, 2019 |
2324 Sooke Road | March 20, 2019 |
250 Seafield Road | March 20, 2019 |
759 Cuaulta Crescent | March 6, 2019 |
3540 Proudfood Place | February 19, 2019 |
495 Owens Road | February 19, 2019 |
368 Farview Road | February 5, 2019 |
652 Cairndale Road | January 25, 2019 |
2987A Pickford Road | January 25, 2019 |
545 Mount View | January 8, 2019 |
2915 Dickerson Place | January 8, 2019 |
563 Bunker Road | January 8, 2019 |
3361 Willowdale Avenue | January 8, 2019 |
427 Sue Mar Place | January 4, 2019 |
2437 Sooke Road | December 5, 2018 |
611 Evans Drive | December 5, 2018 |
3347 Roberlack Road | December 4, 2018 |
3413 Bette Drive | December 4, 2018 |
3385 St. Troy Place | December 4, 2018 |
3344A Willowdale Road | October 25, 2018 |
2915 Dickerson Place | October 25, 2018 |
862 Cecil Blogg | October 25, 2018 |
822 Cuaulta Crescent | October 4, 2018 |
3342 Betula Place | September 24, 2018 |
721 Grousewood Place | September 20, 2018 |
477 Tipton Avenue | September 20, 2018 |
3132 Lynnlark Place | September 13, 2018 |
555 Ledsham Road | September 13, 2018 |
3142 Antrobus Crescent | September 13, 2018 |
805 Cuaulta Crescent | August 29, 2018 |
610 Kelly Road *2 trees on private property, 1 tree on city property | August 8, 2018 |
3303 Anchorage *Tree on public property causing damage - to be removed by the City | August 1, 2018 |
3320 Ocean Boulevard | July 31, 2018 |
796 Cuaulta Crescent | July 17, 2018 |
3387 Fulton Road | July 17, 2018 |
561 and 570 Cedarcrest Drive | June 18, 2018 |
3341 Roberlack Road | June 4, 2018 |
457 A and B Sue Mar Place | May 29, 2018 |
3403 Rockwood Terrace | May 28, 2018 |
733 Grousewood Place | May 22, 2018 |
3474 Gratton Road | May 10, 2018 |
2508 Aloha Avenue | May 7, 2018 |
355 Cotlow Road | May 7, 2018 |
686 Donovan Road | May 7, 2018 |
527 Acland Avenue | April 26, 2018 |
3534 Proudfoot Place | April 3, 2018 |
3310 Wishart Road (Wishart Elementary School - School District 62) | March 28, 2018 |