Cutting down trees
If you want to cut down or fell a tree or trees, you usually need an environmental permit. You also often need an environmental permit if you are doing work around a tree or wood stand that affects the health of the tree.
Approach
This is how you apply for an environmental permit to cut down a tree:
- Go to the Environment Counter.
- Do the permit check. You will see if you need to report or require a permit.
- Log in:
- for yourself: with DigiD
- For a company: with eRecognition
- Among other things, you pass on:
- what kind of tree it is (for example, an oak or a chestnut)
- Where the tree is located with an address on a Map and with photo(s).
- Whether you want to cut or prune or will be working under trees
- your reason for wanting to cut or prune
- For a monumental tree: a tree effect analysis
- the possibility of replanting. If you are going to replant, the location, number and species
- if you are not the owner: written permission from the owner of the tree