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Felling and planting of trees

legal background:

Pursuant to Section 42/A(1)(a) of the Road Traffic Act,“the consent of the public road operator is required for the placement, extension or change of use of a building within fifty metres of the axis of the public road in non-built-up areas, or within one hundred metres in the case of highways, motorways and main roads, the installation or extension of track-type structures, the extraction of stone, gravel, clay, sand or other mineral raw materials, and the planting or felling of trees within ten metres of the boundary of the public road…”

In addition, the consent of the public road operator is required “in built-up areas, for the construction, extension or change of use of industrial, commercial, catering or other service buildings on the roadside, and for the installation or extension of track-type structures within the traffic and utility area specified in the local building regulations or the regulatory plan, and for the planting or felling of trees within two metres of the boundary of the road”.

filing an application:

Section 6(1) of ITM Decree 26/2021 (VI. 28.) on road administration provides for the content of the application for the consent of the public road operator for the use of the road area. According to this, the following details must be provided:

  • location of use (municipality, parcel number, expressway number and km section; we recommend using the http://mkif.hu/terkep/, https://kira.kozut.hu and https://utszamkereso.kozut.hu websites for identification)
  • the name and address of the person requesting the consent, in whose interest the request is made (in the case of a natural person: name, address, telephone number, e-mail address; in the case of a legal person: name, registered office, company registration number, telephone number, e-mail address)
  • the name and contact details of the person responsible for ensuring compliance with the conditions of the public road operator’s consent

Please submit the application for public road operator’s consent by post to MKIF Hungarian Concession Infrastructure Development Plc. (2040 Budaörs, Akron utca 2., Hungary) or digitally in pdf format to [email protected].

annex:

Minimum annexes to be submitted pursuant to Section 6(2) of ITM Decree 26/2021 (VI. 28.):

  • a plan indicating the use, in the case of tree felling/shrub clearance, a site plan for tree felling and planting, showing the distance of the tree or shrub from the axis of the expressway, the property boundary and utilities.