Regulations21 min read
Felling a tree: permission and rules
Protected woodland, listed sites, dangerous trees, tenants, nesting season: when a prior declaration is required to fell a tree in France, and how to check it at the town hall.
Tree and garden care in Orange
Josué Poulain works for private homeowners in Orange, 22 km from his base in Lapalud. Pruning, felling, hedge trimming, mowing and clearing — free on-site quote.
- Postcode and department
- 84100 · Vaucluse
- Distance from Lapalud
- 22 km as the crow flies
- Opening hours
- Lun – Sam · 8h – 19h
- Quote
- Free, written, no obligation
Free quote
Visit and pricing with no obligation
30 km around Lapalud
Vaucluse, Drôme, Gard, Ardèche
Monday to Saturday
8am – 7pm
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The ground is left clean
A quote for your ground in Orange
Two lines is enough. The visit and the written quote are free, with no obligation.
41 customers left a review. Every one gave five stars.
The rating comes from the company’s Google listing. You can read the reviews one by one, and leave your own after the work is done.
Google review summary
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- What customers mention
- abattage 4
- haie 4
- prix 4
- sapin 2
Mickael Andres Visited in mai 2026Mr Poulain et intervenue chez moi pour tailler ma haie et niveau prestation et communication je recommande à 100%
Alexis Ranchini Visited in mars 2026Très bon service, réactif ! Et surtout départ en laissant tout impeccable ! Je recommande.
kriss capello Visited in février 2026Intervention très rapide et soignée, mérite largement 5 étoiles je recommande sincèrement
Kenzo Pierre Visited in octobre 2025Intervention à la maison pour l’abattage d’un sapin. Je remercie cette entreprise. À très bientôt.
Reply from Josué Poulain — merci pour votre confiance
Hans Maurice Visited in mars 2026Service au top ....très professionnel..vous pouvez y allez les yeux fermés....je recommande
Eddy Gerard Visited in mars 2026Très satisfait du travail effectué très professionnalisme je recommande les yeux fermés encore Mercii
Compagnon Somon Visited in octobre 2024Merci Monsieur Poulain pour votre travail. Très bon Artisan à l’écoute des clients. Parfait rapport qualité/prix
Reply from Josué Poulain — Merci de votre confiance 😉
Emily Micheli Visited in septembre 2024Équipe dynamique rapidité d’intervention et prix raisonnable. Je vous recommande Monsieur Poulain
Reply from Josué Poulain — Merci beaucoup de votre confiance 😉
gregory fahys Visited in mars 2026entreprise très sérieuse travail soigné je recommande fortement
Reply from Josué Poulain — Merci, cela a été un plaisir de travailler pour vous.
Lilou Martin Visited in juillet 2026Très bon travail, entreprise, réactif, je recommande
Getting to Orange from Lapalud
About twenty minutes south of Lapalud, on the N7 or the A7. It is the furthest point in the area Josué covers regularly, and the distance shows mainly on small jobs: half a day of work in Orange takes a full day with the travel. On a pruning or felling job it changes the quote very little.
The gardens here, and what they involve
The largest town in the area, and the one with the tightest jobs. Many walled gardens, terraced houses, narrow access, and trees planted fifty years ago a metre from a façade that did not yet exist. It is precisely the situation where roped dismantling earns its keep: nothing free-falls, every section comes down on a line.
Statutory clearance: what applies here
Orange has a constraint no other commune here shares: the Roman theatre and the triumphal arch are World Heritage listed, and the surroundings of historic monuments carry a protection perimeter inside which felling a tree can require prior consent. Add to that the local planning scheme’s own classifications, including protected woodland. Before any felling in Orange the question goes to the town hall — and Josué does not start until it is settled.
For how your plot is actually classified — local planning scheme, protected woodland, statutory clearance perimeter — the town hall is the authority. Josué explains the procedure at the visit and commits to nothing until it is settled.
The dominant species, and what they demand
Old planes and nettle trees in town, Provençal cypress and olives in outlying gardens, laurustinus and pittosporum in low hedges. The mistral, which funnels through the narrowest part of the Rhône corridor here, decides a good deal of the work: a crown left too dense catches the wind and limbs break, and preventive reduction is better than an emergency call-out afterwards.
Before cutting in Orange, everything depends on where your tree stands
Orange is the only town in the area where a garden tree can fall under world heritage protection. Not one competitor page mentions it — and it is what adds weeks to a decision.
| Where the tree stands | What it changes in practice | Who decides |
|---|---|---|
| Within the setting of the Roman theatre or the triumphal arch | If the tree is visible at the same time as the monument, felling requires prior notification subject to the opinion of the Architecte des Bâtiments de France. Allow several extra weeks. | Planning desk and Vaucluse heritage office |
| On or at the foot of the Saint-Eutrope hill | The hill carries overlapping protections. The regime is stricter than a simple setting, and a special consent may be required to alter the appearance of the site. | Mairie, case by case |
| In the old town centre | Lanes and inner courtyards: no platform gets in, dismantling is done on ropes and the logs come down by hand. A street occupancy permit is needed to park the lorry. | Mairie, highways desk |
| An avenue plane tree | The Vaucluse is among the departments most exposed to canker stain. Cutting and disinfection are governed by prefectural order: an avenue plane is not pruned like a garden plane. | Prefectural order, via the mairie |
| In a residential estate | Outside any heritage perimeter, but the PLU may classify woodland, and estate covenants apply on top. Both are checked at the same desk. | Planning desk |
None of these checks costs anything. They take one phone call, and it is the mairie that is authoritative — not this page.
What moves a quote in Orange
No price is given without seeing the ground. What can be said is what, here specifically, pushes it up or down.
Twenty minutes of travel, to be factored in
Orange is the furthest point in the area. On a pruning or felling job that fills the day, travel changes almost nothing. On a short visit — a mow, a light trim — it weighs, and Josué says so plainly: better to slot it into a round than to have him come out for that alone.
Walls and roofs dictate the method
This is where gardens are most enclosed. A tree between a façade and the neighbour’s wall comes down in sections on a rope, which takes hours where felling in the open takes minutes. That time is the first item on the quote, ahead of species and ahead of height.
The town hall check can move the date
Between the local planning scheme and the protection perimeters around the monuments, felling in Orange needs prior consent more often than elsewhere. That does not change the price, but it changes the date: the quote stands, the work waits for the answer.
The services, in Orange as anywhere else
What changes from one commune to the next is access, ground and regulation — not the trade itself. The detail of each service, its season and what moves its price sit on its own page. What follows applies to Orange exactly as it does to the other twenty-three towns in the area.
Tree pruning
Reducing, thinning or reshaping a tree safely, without damaging it.
Hedge trimming
A clean, straight hedge at the height you want — and the clippings taken away.
Tree felling
A dead, dangerous or too-close tree: controlled felling and stump removal.
Garden maintenance
Regular visits so your grounds stay tidy all year.
Lawn mowing
Mowing, edge finishing, clippings collected. One-off or all season.
Brush clearing
Overgrown ground, or a legal clearance obligation: back to a clean slate.
Common questions in Orange
Do I need consent to fell a tree in Orange?
More often than elsewhere in the area. Orange combines a local planning scheme that can classify individual trees or woodland with protection perimeters around its historic monuments. The only way to know is to ask the town hall’s planning department, with your plot reference. Josué explains the procedure at the visit and commits to nothing before the answer comes back.
My tree is wedged between the house and the neighbour’s wall. Is that workable?
It is the most common situation in Orange, and yes. The tree is dismantled in sections from the top, each piece lowered on a rope. The job takes longer than felling in an open field — that shows in the quote — but nothing lands on a roof, a conservatory or a fence.
Would you come out to Orange just to mow?
For a one-off visit the travel weighs heavily in the quote, and it is not always sensible from your side. For a regular arrangement it is different: the visit slots into a round and the travel dilutes. Say so when the quote is drawn up — Josué will tell you straight whether it is worth it.
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