Naturschutz: Eingriff in Natur und Landschaft - Genehmigung

Interventions in nature and landscape may be carried out only after prior approval.

Interventions in nature and landscape require approval.

Interventions in nature and landscape exist if the performance and functionality of the natural balance or the landscape can be significantly impaired by changes in the shape or use of ground areas or changes in the groundwater level associated with the revitalized soil layer.

Not considered as interventions are:

• agricultural, forestry and fishery land use in accordance with good professional practice and taking into account the objectives and principles of nature conservation and landscape management,
• the resumption of agricultural, forestry and fishery land use within 10 years of the expiry of contractual agreements with nature conservation authorities or of public management restriction programs.

Unavoidable impairments to nature and the landscape are to be compensated for by compensatory or replacement measures.

The application must contain all information necessary for the assessment of the project and the expected final condition after completion of the intervention. At the request of the applicant, the documents shall be coordinated in advance between the approval authority, the nature conservation authority and the applicant.

The amount of the fees is based on the ThürAllgVwKostO.

Deadlines, insofar as they are provided by the approval authority

Further information can be found on the pages of the Thuringian Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation.

The notice of approval always contains instructions on how to appeal.

• Interventions in nature and landscape may be carried out only after prior approval.

• Responsible: As a rule, the approval of interventions is given by the authority responsible for the respective project in agreement with the lower nature conservation authority. Example: If a building permit is applied for, the approval notice already contains the intervention permit under nature conservation law.

  If another authority is not responsible for an intervention in nature and landscape, the lower nature conservation authority decides. In this case, please contact the responsible lower nature conservation authority of the district administration or independent city.

  In the case of larger projects, such as the construction of federal highways or cross-county power lines, the Thuringian State Office for the Environment, Mining and Nature Conservation may also be responsible.

As a rule, the approval of interventions is given by the authority responsible for the respective project in agreement with the lower nature conservation authority. Example: If a building permit is applied for, the approval notice already contains the intervention permit under nature conservation law.

If another authority is not responsible for an intervention in nature and landscape, the lower nature conservation authority decides. In this case, please contact the responsible lower nature conservation authority of the district administration or independent city.

In the case of larger projects, such as the construction of federal highways or cross-county power lines, the Thuringian State Office for the Environment, Mining and Nature Conservation may also be responsible.

An informal written request is sufficient.