Permission to cut down and prune a tree protected under the Tree Protection Ordinance.

As soon as measures, e.g. pruning or felling on a protected tree (Tree Protection Ordinance) are planned or appear necessary. An application form can be downloaded from the website of the Senator for Climate Protection, Environment, Mobility, Urban Development and Housing/Environment.

An application can be made informally. It should contain at least the following information:

• Applicant (name and address)
• affected property (address/plot and parcel)
• tree species and trunk circumference (measured at a height of 1m)
• distance to residential building (measured at 1m height)
• Reasons for felling or pruning.

Alternatively, a form can be downloaded from the website of the Senator for Climate Protection, Environment, Mobility, Urban Development and Housing/Environment or the service portal.

The nature conservation authority will provide information on this in the specific case.

In principle, no. In individual cases, it may be helpful to consult the nature conservation authority.

In principle, yes. However, individual cases can be cases of hardship. Please contact the staff of the nature conservation authority.

Publicly appointed and sworn experts are responsible for the examination. These can be obtained from the Chamber of Commerce (www.handelskammer-bremen.de) or, for example, the Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture (www.lwk-niedersachsen.de).