{"title":"Lantzville tree removal rules and permits","question":"Do I need permission to cut down a tree on my property in Lantzville?","slug":"tree-removal","place":{"path":"ca/bc/lantzville","name":"Lantzville","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"category":{"slug":"building-and-renovating","name":"Building, renovating and your property"},"owner":"municipal","owner_label":"Municipal","owner_body":{"name":"District of Lantzville","url":"https://www.lantzville.ca"},"short_answer":"In Lantzville the Tree Protection and Management Bylaw prohibits cutting trees over 20 cm across on land with no house or commercial or industrial building, and cutting Designated Trees. Lots with a house are not covered, but a development permit area may still need a permit.","aliases":["tree removal lantzville","cut down a tree lantzville","tree bylaw lantzville","tree cutting permit lantzville"],"cost":"The bylaw sets no tree permit fee.","how_long":"No application process is set in the bylaw.","where":[{"type":"email","label":"Planning Department","value":"planning@lantzville.ca"},{"type":"phone","label":"Planning Department","value":"250-933-8093"},{"type":"in_person","label":"Municipal Hall","value":"7192 Lantzville Road, Lantzville, BC V0R 2H0","note":"Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays): by phone or email 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; in-person payments and document drop-off 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; call or email for appointments for other services"}],"documents":[],"forms":[{"title":"Tree Protection and Management Bylaw No. 358, 2024 (PDF, consolidated), District of Lantzville","url":"https://www.lantzville.ca/cms/wpattachments/wpID995atID7338.pdf"},{"title":"Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 200, 2021 (PDF), District of Lantzville","url":"https://www.lantzville.ca/cms/wpattachments/wpID921atID6520.pdf"},{"title":"Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 100, as amended by Bylaw No. 378, 2024 (PDF), District of Lantzville","url":"https://www.lantzville.ca/cms/wpattachments/wpID483atID6898.pdf"}],"related":[{"slug":"building-permit","title":"Lantzville building permits: when you need one and how to apply","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lantzville/building-permit/"},{"slug":"zoning-lookup","title":"Lantzville zoning: find your zone and what it allows","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lantzville/zoning-lookup/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/nanaimo","name":"Nanaimo","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/tree-removal/"},{"place":"ca/bc/parksville","name":"Parksville","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/parksville/tree-removal/"},{"place":"ca/bc/qualicum-beach","name":"Qualicum Beach","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/qualicum-beach/tree-removal/"},{"place":"ca/bc/sechelt","name":"Sechelt","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sechelt/tree-removal/"},{"place":"ca/bc/ladysmith","name":"Ladysmith","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ladysmith/tree-removal/"},{"place":"ca/bc/gibsons","name":"Gibsons","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gibsons/tree-removal/"}],"topic":{"title":"Tree removal permits in British Columbia, by municipality","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tree-removal/"},"facts":{"permit_needed":{"label":"When a permit is needed","value":"Cutting is prohibited, with no tree permit in the bylaw, for trees over 20 cm across on land with no house or commercial or industrial building (Greenfield Property) and for listed Designated Trees. Lots with a house are not covered. Development permit areas may still need a permit.","short":"Cutting prohibited on land with no house (trees over 20 cm)","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://www.lantzville.ca/cms/wpattachments/wpID995atID7338.pdf","title":"Tree Protection and Management Bylaw No. 358, 2024 (PDF, consolidated), District of Lantzville","section":"s. 2, 3","quotes":["This Bylaw applies to all Designated Trees and to all Greenfield Properties in the District of Lantzville.","no person shall Cut Down, or permit the Cutting Down of any Designated Tree or Tree on a Greenfield Property","a woody perennial plant of any size with a trunk greater than 20 centimetres in diameter measured at a height of 1.4 metres above the undisturbed grade"]},{"url":"https://www.lantzville.ca/cms/wpattachments/wpID478atID7184.pdf","title":"Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 150 (PDF), District of Lantzville","section":"OCP s. 11.4.3 (DPA 2 Sensitive Ecosystems)","quotes":["Development permits will be required in these areas for activity including construction, subdivision, land clearing, land grubbing, soil removal, soil deposit, or tree removal."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"exemptions":{"label":"Exemptions","value":"Trees authorized by a Development Permit or Building Permit; Dangerous Trees (identified by a certified arborist); trees on Developed Property; trees on Crown land or Private Managed Forest Land; trees Ministry of Forests orders cut; BC Hydro or WorkSafeBC safety work; highway or public service corridors.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://www.lantzville.ca/cms/wpattachments/wpID995atID7338.pdf","title":"Tree Protection and Management Bylaw No. 358, 2024 (PDF, consolidated), District of Lantzville","section":"s. 4","quotes":["Trees specifically authorized to be removed in accordance with a Development Permit or Building Permit issued by the District","Dangerous Trees","Trees on Crown land or land subject to the Private Managed Forest Land Act","Trees on Developed Property."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"fee":{"label":"Fee","value":null,"status":"none","note":"Lantzville's Tree Protection and Management Bylaw has no application fee.","sources":[{"url":"https://www.lantzville.ca/cms/wpattachments/wpID995atID7338.pdf","title":"Tree Protection and Management Bylaw No. 358, 2024 (PDF, consolidated), District of Lantzville"}]},"replacement":{"label":"Replacement trees","value":null,"status":"none","note":"Lantzville's Tree Protection and Management Bylaw sets no replacement planting rule.","sources":[{"url":"https://www.lantzville.ca/cms/wpattachments/wpID995atID7338.pdf","title":"Tree Protection and Management Bylaw No. 358, 2024 (PDF, consolidated), District of Lantzville"}]},"city_trees":{"label":"City trees","value":"No one may cut, top, injure or damage a tree on District-owned land without written permission of the Director of Public Works.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://www.lantzville.ca/cms/wpattachments/wpID921atID6520.pdf","title":"Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 200, 2021 (PDF), District of Lantzville","section":"s. 11","quotes":["No person shall climb, peel, cut, deface, remove, top, injure, or in any way damage any tree planted or growing on District-owned land"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"fine":{"label":"Fine","value":"Court: $10,000 to $50,000 per offence, each tree a separate offence. The bylaw allows a ticket up to $3,000 under the Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw, but that bylaw's schedule lists no amount for it. Cutting a tree on District land without approval: $150 ticket.","short":"$10,000 to $50,000 on conviction","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://www.lantzville.ca/cms/wpattachments/wpID995atID7338.pdf","title":"Tree Protection and Management Bylaw No. 358, 2024 (PDF, consolidated), District of Lantzville","section":"s. 6","quotes":["is liable to a penalty of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) and not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for each offence and the costs of prosecution","This bylaw may be enforced by a fine up to three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) if a ticket is issued under the"]},{"url":"https://www.lantzville.ca/cms/wpattachments/wpID483atID6898.pdf","title":"Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 100, as amended by Bylaw No. 378, 2024 (PDF), District of Lantzville","section":"Appendix 5","quotes":["Cut or damage a tree on District-owned land without"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"District of Lantzville Tree Protection and Management Bylaw No. 358, 2024 (consolidated to Bylaw No. 434, 2026)","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://www.lantzville.ca/cms/wpattachments/wpID995atID7338.pdf","title":"Tree Protection and Management Bylaw No. 358, 2024 (PDF, consolidated), District of Lantzville","section":"Title","quotes":["TREE PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT BYLAW NO. 358, 2024","CONSOLIDATED FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}}},"facts_summary":{"total":7,"stated":5,"matched":5,"none":2,"unknown":0},"body_markdown":"## How it works\n\nThe District of Lantzville's [Tree Protection and Management Bylaw No. 358, 2024](https://www.lantzville.ca/cms/wpattachments/wpID995atID7338.pdf) prohibits cutting trees over 20 cm across on a Greenfield Property (land with no habitable dwelling or commercial or industrial building on a foundation) and cutting listed Designated Trees. The bylaw has no tree permit and no application fee. Lots with a house (Developed Property) are not covered. The bylaw sets no replacement planting rule.\n\nExempt: trees authorized by a Development Permit or Building Permit; Dangerous Trees identified by a certified arborist; trees on Developed Property; trees on Crown land or Private Managed Forest Land; trees the Ministry of Forests orders cut; BC Hydro or WorkSafeBC safety work; and highway or public service corridors.\n\n## Steps\n\n1. Check whether your land has a house or commercial or industrial building. If it does, the bylaw does not apply to your trees.\n2. If it does not, or the tree may be a Designated Tree, ask Planning before cutting.\n3. Check whether your land is in a development permit area in the Official Community Plan maps. A development permit may be needed.\n\n## Good to know\n\n- District-owned land: no one may cut, top, injure or damage a tree without the written permission of the Director of Public Works ([Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 200, 2021](https://www.lantzville.ca/cms/wpattachments/wpID921atID6520.pdf)). The ticket is $150.\n- Penalty: $10,000 to $50,000 per offence in court, and each tree is a separate offence. The bylaw allows a ticket up to $3,000, but the ticket schedule lists no amount for it.\n- Planning: planning@lantzville.ca, 250-933-8093.","sources":[{"url":"https://www.lantzville.ca/cms/wpattachments/wpID995atID7338.pdf","title":"Tree Protection and Management Bylaw No. 358, 2024 (PDF, consolidated), District of Lantzville","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://www.lantzville.ca/cms/wpattachments/wpID921atID6520.pdf","title":"Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 200, 2021 (PDF), District of Lantzville","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://www.lantzville.ca/cms/wpattachments/wpID483atID6898.pdf","title":"Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 100, as amended by Bylaw No. 378, 2024 (PDF), District of Lantzville","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://www.lantzville.ca/cms/wpattachments/wpID478atID7184.pdf","title":"Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 150 (PDF), District of Lantzville","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://www.lantzville.ca/cms.asp?wpID=384","title":"Contact Information, District of Lantzville","accessed":"2026-11-08"}],"sources_read":"2026-11-08","review":{"status":"machine_checked","badge":"Checked against official text","label":"Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 5 of 7 facts was matched to the official text; 2 are recorded as not set."},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lantzville/tree-removal/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lantzville/tree-removal.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lantzville/tree-removal.json"}}