What rules cover cutting trees on a Bradford West Gwillimbury lot?

The Town's trees page says its Tree Canopy and Natural Vegetation Protection Policy, passed in September 2019, gives guidelines for maintaining, enhancing and protecting the Town's natural resources, including the care of both public and private trees. Its private tree protection page describes a survey that ran until 5 September 2024, with which the Town aims to develop a comprehensive by-law on preserving, maintaining and removing trees on private properties; the page names no such by-law in force.

The County of Simcoe's Forest Conservation By-law 6894, enacted in April 2021, applies to woodlands on a property of one hectare (2.47 acres) or more: harvesting, injuring or destroying trees there needs a County permit unless the by-law exempts the work, as it does for some clearing for a building that has a building permit. The County says the by-law doesn't regulate properties under a hectare, or stop owners cutting wood for their own use while the forest remains a woodland. A rule summary says which records apply; it doesn't say who owns a given tree or whether a lot is a woodland.

• Trees: the Town's page on its 2019 Tree Canopy and Natural Vegetation Protection Policy
• Private Tree Protection: the Town's page on its 2024 survey toward a private tree by-law
• County of Simcoe Forest Conservation By-law: the County's page on what the by-law regulates, and what it doesn't
• Forest Conservation By-law No. 6894: the County by-law, enacted 13 April 2021 (PDF)

Tree and ravine limits is in the free check as a summary of the Town's rule, from our hand-kept table, with a link to the Town's page. It is a rule for the town, not a survey of the trees on a lot.

Free check: pick “Tree and ravine limits” See the sample report