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Business News – Land Developers Feature

Perth’s urban areas continue to face green canopy loss despite growing awareness of the upside trees can deliver residential projects.

Land developers in Western Australia are gradually realising the intrinsic commercial value offered by existing trees on their subdivisions.

A number of developers spoken to by Business News are questioning the wisdom of the clear-felled, cookie-cutter template commonly applied in housing estates, instead prioritising tree retention and working creatively to fit in with environmental controls.

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