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Forest first afforestation - apply for permission
Service Description
Your application as a landowner for approval of initial afforestation will be reviewed by the lower forestry authority.
The lower forestry authority decides on your application in consultation with the lower nature conservation authority, the upper agricultural authority, the land consolidation authority and, for areas of five hectares or more, the upper state planning authority.
Approval for initial afforestation may be granted subject to conditions.
Initial afforestation does not require approval if afforestation has been legally established for the area on the basis of other public-law regulations and the lower forestry authority was involved in the procedure.
Process flow
1. application with documents justifying the application and proof of ownership
2. examination of the documents by the approval authority (lower forestry authority)
3. establishment of the agreement with the technical authorities to be involved according to § 21 para. 1 sentence 2 Thuringian Forest Act, if necessary environmental impact assessment according to the Thuringian EIA Act
4. approval or refusal of initial afforestation
5. sending of the approval or refusal notice to the applicant
Who should I contact?
ThüringenForst - Institution under public law as lower forestry authority
Requirements
Agreement with the lower nature conservation authority, the upper agricultural authority, the land consolidation authority, and
for areas of five hectares or more, with the upper state planning authority.
If no agreement can be reached with the authorities to be involved, the supreme forestry authority shall decide in consultation with the respective supreme state authority (Section 59 (5) of the Thuringian Forest Act).
Which documents are required?
Application for approval of initial afforestation, proof of ownership (excerpt from the land register).
What are the fees?
Administrative costs (free of charge in Thuringia)
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
None
Processing duration
6 to 8 weeks
Legal basis
Applications / forms
The appeal authority is the lower forestry authority.
Appeal
Application for approval of initial afforestation
Excerpt from the land register, if necessary termination of the land lease agreement
- Online portal ThAVEL Application for initial afforestation according to §10 ThürWaldG (view in ThAVEL portal of the Free State of Thuringia)
- If you would like to submit your application personally to the locally responsible forestry office, use the application for initial afforestation according to §21 ThürWaldG (PDF).
Supporting institutions
Further authorities, which are additionally involved in Thuringia:
Lower nature conservation authority (Thuringian State Office for the Environment, Mining and Nature Conservation -TLUBN), upper agricultural authority (Thuringian State Office for Agriculture and Rural Areas -TLLLR), upper and lower land consolidation authority (Thuringian State Office for Land Management and Geoinformation -TLBG) and, for areas of five hectares or more, upper state planning authority (Thuringian State Administration Office - TLVwA).
Technically approved by
ThüringenForst - Institution under public law
Professionally released on
09.12.2022
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)
Start your request directly online:
Competent Authority
ThüringenForst - Anstalt öffentlichen Rechts
Address
99085 Erfurt
