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- Land Clearing Services in Palm Coast, FL
- Lot Clearing for New Homes in Palm Coast and Bunnell
- Brush Clearing and Forestry Mulching Near Palm Coast
- How Much Does Land Clearing Cost in Palm Coast?
- City Permits, Gopher Tortoises and Drainage Before You Clear in Palm Coast
- Land Clearing Services Across Palm Coast and Bunnell
- Land Clearing FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions from Palm Coast Property Owners
Land Clearing Services in Palm Coast, FL
Whitfield Clearing & Grading provides land clearing, forestry mulching, lot clearing, brush clearing, stump grinding and site prep across the Palm Coast area: the ITT sections and the acreage west of US 1. We are a land clearing company serving residential and commercial properties in Palm Coast and the surrounding area, with services throughout the county and the Jacksonville area.
- ITT lots: footprint, drive and septic mulched, city permit in hand first.
- Mulching: a land clearing method that uses specialized equipment to grind trees and brush standing, vegetation into mulch on the lot.
- Clearing to dirt, stumps out.
- Brush removal on overgrown land, canal lots too.
- Tree removal and storm cleanup under the city code.
- Stumps: we grind at $4.25 per inch, $160 minimum per stump.
- Site prep and grading.
Property clearing, land improvement and site work get one written price. I do not pour concrete, drill wells, set septic or demolish houses. I know people who do; the slab builders here know me.
Lot Clearing for New Homes in Palm Coast and Bunnell
Palm Coast proper issued 1,356 of Flagler County's 1,950 single-family permits in 2025 (Census Building Permits Survey), down 18 percent, still the busiest city on this site. The standard ITT lot is 80 by 125 feet, a quarter acre, platted in the 1970s, never cleared. Residential land clearing on one is a $1,900 flat job: footprint, drive and septic mulched, specimen trees over 18 inches kept, city permit pulled first.
Site preparation runs stakes first, then the machine. The pad is quoted per pad: rough grade and 12 inches of compacted fill above crown of road, three roller passes. ITT sugar sand compacts clean when dry. The nearest half-acre comparable is a Nocatee-area lot in St. Johns County, one day, $2,700, three live oaks kept; a half-acre here prices the same. Professional clearing here is knowing the code. Send me the lot number.
Brush Clearing and Forestry Mulching Near Palm Coast
Scrub and sandhill mulch at $1,100 to 1,700 an acre, and the ITT sections are scrub. Sugar sand carries the machine and scrub oak has no root mat. Sand pine over 8 inches gets cut, the stump ground. The mulched in place chips, 2 to 4 inches, keep the sand on the lot through a July storm.
The scrub comparable is 6 acres on Trail Ridge at Keystone Heights, two days, $7,200; a Seminole Woods tract that size prices the same. Wet flatwoods west of US 1 run $1,400 to 2,300 an acre plus the wet-season day. Areas with dense palmetto on canal lots take longest. Selective clearing around ridge oaks is by the acre. We can remove brush without touching a specimen tree. Scrub lots overgrow slowly. A professional land clearing service in Palm Coast quotes the lot number, not the drive-by, and will make your property buildable in a day.
How Much Does Land Clearing Cost in Palm Coast?
Land clearing costs here start at $1,900 flat for a quarter-acre ITT lot and run $1,100 to 1,700 an acre for scrub acreage, $2,800 to 5,000 for full clearing to dirt with stumps out. The total depends on the size of the lot and what has to leave the site. In the written price first: the FWC gopher tortoise survey, $400 to 900 on nearly every ITT lot, and the wet-season extra day west of US 1.
- Quarter-acre ITT lot: $1,900 flat. Half-acre: one day, $2,700.
- Skid steer forestry mulcher: $2,700 a day, transport included north of the Parkway.
- Transport line south of the Parkway, Flagler Beach and Bunnell: by the mile, about 95 from Middleburg.
- Dedicated 300-hp mulcher for large acreage clearing: $4,100 a day plus transport.
- Haul-off by the 10-yard load: $650 to 1,200.
Most land clearing projects here are one day plus the permit wait. No surprises on the invoice. Call (904) 406-7990 or pick a walk-through slot on the calendar; the written price follows the same evening.
City Permits, Gopher Tortoises and Drainage Before You Clear in Palm Coast
The City of Palm Coast land clearing permit comes first, and there is no clearing without a building permit behind it. Chapter 10 of the city Land Development Code protects specimen trees at 18 inches DBH and wants replacement inches for the rest. Outside the city the Flagler County clearing permit applies over 1 acre. The FWC gopher tortoise rule runs on nearly every ITT lot: survey within 90 days, no work within 25 feet of a burrow. Florida scrub-jay zones add a FWS consultation.
SJRWMD draws its line at fill. Clearing alone does not trigger an Environmental Resource Permit; filling a wet spot or changing drainage is. Graham Swamp cypress stays out of the footprint. Sunshine 811 marks the gas pipeline and power lines two days before any excavation. Matthew, Ian and Nicole each left the ridge full of downed oak; your lot is yours to clear. I pull the city permit for you.
Land Clearing Services Across Palm Coast and Bunnell
ZIPs 32137, 32164 and 32135 are Palm Coast. Nearby: Bunnell on SR 100, Flagler Beach on A1A, St. Augustine up US 1, Ormond Beach down I-95. Palm Coast, FL and the surrounding area ends our run. Land clearing services across northeast Florida stop here; the land clearing Palm Coast owners book is the same crew that works St. Johns. For the whole county see the county page; for the Jacksonville metro, the hub.
Land Clearing FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions from Palm Coast Property Owners
How much does land clearing cost in Palm Coast, FL in 2026?
A quarter-acre ITT lot is $1,900 flat; a half-acre is one day, $2,700; scrub acreage runs $1,100 to 1,700 an acre, plus the tortoise survey and the transport line south of the Parkway. The written price follows the site visit and site conditions.
Do you clear commercial sites?
Yes. Commercial land clearing services cover commercial sites on the Parkway and US 1, full site clearing for a pad, and commercial development tracts west of US 1. Commercial properties in Palm Coast fall under the same city tree code. Commercial clearing is by the day or acre.
Can I clear my ITT lot before I have a builder?
No. The city issues the land clearing permit only with a building permit behind it. Depending on site layout you can mulch a drive and a survey path, and the tortoise survey can run early. That is the cheaper way to clear land here: in the right order.
What about gopher tortoises and scrub-jays?
Nearly every ITT lot gets a tortoise survey within 90 days of clearing. A burrow means a 25-foot flag line and a relocation permit before the machine starts. In the scrub-jay zones the city adds a FWS consultation, and I check that map on the walk.
What does the land clearing process look like, and how do I book?
Site visit, written price, city permit with your builder, tortoise survey, machine. We walk the property together, and the price is in your texts that evening. Stumps in the landscape beds go last. Pick a walk-through slot on the calendar or call (904) 406-7990.
