JM Tree Surgery & Fencing

Tree surgery and fencing in Hastings.

We're based locally and most of our work is within twenty miles of Hastings, covering TN34, TN35, TN37 and TN38. Crown work, fells, stump grinding, hedges, and close-board fencing built on site with properly treated posts. NPTC qualified, fully insured, and tidy when we leave. Most of our Hastings work comes from people who had us out once and called us back.

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Why hire local

Local matters

A Hastings job is not the same as a job inland. The trees are different, the soil's different, and the wind off the Channel does its own work on a fence line. We know the postcodes, we know which streets in Old Town and West Hill sit inside the conservation area boundary, and we know to file a Section 211 notice with Hastings Borough Council before we put a saw in a TPO'd sycamore on Mount Pleasant.

A lot of out-of-area operators turn up, quote off a photo, and miss the bits that matter. The conservation area angle. The salt-laden wind on a south-facing fence. The holm oak that looks fine until you get up in it. We work TN34, TN35, TN37 and TN38 most weeks, and that's the reason the second visit is usually a quicker conversation.

What we do

Work we do across Hastings

Tree surgery in Hastings

Crown reduction, thinning and lifting, sectional dismantling, felling where it's the right answer, stump grinding, hedge cutting and deadwooding. We see a lot of holm oak on the Old Town side, taking the wind off the cliff, and a fair amount of ash dieback in the back gardens up West Hill and Silverhill. Sycamore and Monterey pine come up regularly too. We work to BS3998, check for nesting birds before we start between March and August, and file the Section 211 notice or TPO application with Hastings Borough Council on your behalf.

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Fencing in Hastings

Close-board built on site, panel fencing where it suits, post and rail, picket, gates and repairs. On a coastal town the spec matters more than people think. We fit properly treated posts concreted in, gravel boards at the base and a capping rail on top, because that's the fence that handles the salt and the south-westerly without giving up in five years. Spring gales bring us a steady run of repair calls along the seafront streets; we'll tell you honestly when a repair is the right call and when the run has gone and is dragging the rest down with it.

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TPOs, conservation areas and Section 211 notices

Trees in conservation areas

Parts of Hastings sit inside conservation areas, including the Old Town and parts of West Hill. If a tree in a conservation area is over 75mm in diameter at 1.5 metres off the ground, you generally need to file a Section 211 notice with Hastings Borough Council before any work starts. The council has six weeks to respond. We file the notice for you, with the method, the species and the reason, and we wait for the clock to run before we put a saw in.

A Tree Preservation Order is a separate process. A TPO'd tree needs a formal application to the council, regardless of the diameter or the conservation area status. We handle that paperwork too. Most of the time the answer comes back as a consent with conditions, and we work to those conditions on the day. If you're not sure whether your tree is TPO'd or sitting in a conservation area, send us the address and we'll check the council's planning map before we quote.

Where we work

Areas we work

Across Hastings and the villages and districts around it. That covers:

Districts and nearby villages

  • Old Town
  • West Hill
  • Ore
  • Hollington
  • Silverhill
  • Fairlight
  • Three Oaks
  • Pett

Postcodes

  • TN34
  • TN35
  • TN37
  • TN38

Just outside? Call us anyway. We'll travel for the right job.

Reviews

What Hastings customers say

Had a close-board fence put up, about twelve metres with a gate. Properly treated posts concreted in, feather-edge, capping rail, the lot. Neat job, on time, cleared the old panels away. Recommended.
Claire M., Bexhill
We needed the front oak crown-reduced, TPO'd, and most people we asked wanted to talk us into felling. JM did the paperwork with Rother, reduced it properly, and it looks like they haven't been there. Worth the money.
David H., Battle

Got a tree or a fence in Hastings?

Send a photo on WhatsApp or fill in the quote form and we'll come and have a look. No charge for the visit, no hard sell.

Get a quote Call 01424 000 000