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Does London need a permit to remove a tree on a private lot?

Tree Protection By-law C.P.-1555-252, as consolidated, with its Schedule B maps of Tree Protection Areas, and the City's page on privately owned trees.

Sources checked October 28, 2026

London

The rule in London

50 cm across: the trunk size the rule names

London by-law C.P.-1555-252: a permit is needed to injure or remove a private tree 50 cm or wider (measured 1.4 m up) inside the urban growth boundary, or any tree in a mapped tree protection area; permits require replacement planting or $350 per tree not planted.

From London by-law C.P.-1555-252, checked 6 Oct 2026

  1. The recordTree removal
  2. Where to read itPrivately owned trees; Consolidated Tree Protection By-law and 1 more
  3. The free check reads itPick “Tree and ravine limits”

What the record shows

The City calls a privately owned tree with a trunk diameter of 50 centimetres or more, on a property inside London's Urban Growth Boundary but not in a Tree Protection Area, a Distinctive Tree; the by-law measures the trunk 1.4 metres above natural ground level. Destroying a Distinctive Tree, or a dead one, takes a Private Tree Permit application. Inside a Tree Protection Area, mapped in the by-law's Schedule B, the by-law applies to trees of any size, and the City asks for a report from an arborist or a Registered Professional Forester.

For a Distinctive Tree, Schedule A sets replacement trees by trunk size, from 1 for a 50-centimetre tree to 11 for one over 141 centimetres, and where they can't all be planted on the site, a fee of $350 for each replacement tree not planted. A rule summary says which trees the by-law covers; whether a lot lies in a Tree Protection Area is for the Schedule B maps, and who owns a tree near a lot line is for a survey.

Where to read it yourself

What OfferDue covers in London

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

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

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