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

Procedure

Informal application with the following contents:

• Applicant (name and address)
• affected property (address/plot and parcel)
• Tree species and trunk circumference (measured in 1m height)
• Distance to residential building (measured in 1m height)
• Reasons for felling or pruning

Legal bases

• Baumschutzverordnung

More information

The following trees fall under the tree protection ordinance:

1. deciduous trees including nuts with a trunk circumference of at least 120 cm,

2. fruit trees, which are not subject to commercial horticultural use, as well as trees of the woody species Ilex (holly), Taxus (yew) and Crataegus (hawthorn or redthorn) with a trunk circumference of at least 80 cm,

3. trees of the woody species Salix (willow) with a trunk circumference of at least 300 cm as well as trees of the woody species Salix (willow) formed as pollarded willows with a trunk circumference of at least 120 cm,

4. conifers, except Taxus (yew), with a trunk circumference of at least 300 cm.

Not protected are:

1. trees in nurseries and market gardens, if they serve commercial purposes,

2. trees of the woody species Populus (poplar) and Betula (birch),

3. trees on plots as defined in § 1 of the Federal Allotment Garden Act,

4. dead trees,

5. trees with a trunk circumference of less than 250 cm, which have a distance of less than 400 cm from approved structures serving residential use. The distance between the side of the trunk facing the building and the building wall (excluding porches such as balconies, conservatories, terraces) at 100 cm tree height is decisive.

Note: Questions regarding neighboring rights cannot be answered.