When can trees be cut down? You still have to hold off. There is no willfulness

Obtaining permission to cut down on your plot is not everything. Not everyone knows that you cannot do this during the bird breeding season. When is the best time to cut down? It turns out that the deadline is approaching.

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When can trees be cut down? Pay attention to the bird breeding season

Due to the bird breeding season, trees cannot be cut down from March 1 to October 15. This means that after October 15 and until the end of February, there are no contraindications to doing so. Unless, of course, you have the appropriate permit or the tree meets other requirements. You can check this by measuring the circumference of its trunk at a height of 5 cm above the ground. It turns out that due to this circumference, a felling permit is not needed in three cases:

• trunk circumference does not exceed 80 cm – in the case of poplar, willow, ash-leaved maple and silver maple;
• the trunk circumference does not exceed 65 cm – in the case of horse chestnut, black locust and maple-leaved plane tree;
• trunk circumference does not exceed 50 cm – in the case of other tree species.

Regulations of April 16, 2004 on nature protection.

What trees can be cut down without a permit in 2023? In some cases, consent is not needed

In some cases, you do not need to measure the circumference of the trunk. Cutting which does not require a permit? Here are some examples.

1. A shrub or shrubs growing in a cluster of up to 25 square meters in size;
2. Shrubs with decorative functions, arranged in terms of the arrangement and selection of plant species, excluding shrubs in the right-of-way of a public road, on the property or its part entered in the register of monuments and in green areas;
3. Trees or shrubs growing on real estate owned by natural persons (removal for purposes unrelated to business activities);
4. Trees or shrubs removed to restore land not used for agricultural use;
5. Trees and shrubs on plantations and forests, in accordance with the Forest Act;
6. Fruit trees or bushes, unless they grow in an area entered in the register of monuments or in a green area;
7. Trees or shrubs removed in connection with the operation of zoos and botanical gardens.

Other examples can be found in Article 83f of the Nature Protection Act.