Request measures neighborhood green trees
Are you experiencing nuisance from one or more trees in your neighborhood? Or would you like more trees in your neighborhood? Then you can submit a request to solve the nuisance or have a tree planted. On this page you can read more about the options available to you.
Nuisance
If you are inconvenienced by a tree, you can request that the tree be pruned or replaced. You can only submit this request for one or more trees that are close to your home. We maintain a radius of approximately 25 meters from the residence. In addition, only neighborhood green trees are eligible for action. Use the link below to see on a map whether the tree(s) you are bothered by falls into this category.
Add
Instead, do you need an additional tree in your immediate area? Then you can submit a request to have a tree added. With requests to add a tree, the subsoil of the location plays an important role. The municipality always checks in advance whether this is possible in connection with cables and pipes that lie underground.
Neighborhood Survey
When you submit a request, we put out a neighborhood poll in the area. This allows your neighbors to indicate whether they agree with the measures you request. Residents within a 100-meter radius of the tree will receive a letter inviting them to take part in an online survey. After the neighborhood poll, there are 3 possible situations:
- 30% or fewer neighbors agree with the request you made. Your request will then not be implemented.
- 30% - 70% of local residents agree with the request you have made. An independent external tree commission is then called in to give advice. Then the College of B&W decides whether your request will be implemented or not.
- 70% or more neighbors agree with the request you made. Your request will be implemented.
How does it work?
You can submit a request for the above measures using the blue button below. For 2025: All requests will be collected until Oct. 1, 2025, and by drawing lots, the first 30 requests will be chosen to be taken up.
Beginning January 1, 2026, requests will be processed in order of receipt. The remaining requests from 2025 will advance to 2026. There will remain a maximum of 30 requests per year.
When you make a request, we go through the following steps:
- After you submit your request, we will send you a confirmation of receipt by email.
- We perform a brief check to see if the tree or site you have selected meets the requirements. The requirements are that the tree is close to your home, that it is a tree in the neighborhood green category, and that the ground is suitable for your request. Does your request not meet the requirements? Then the request will not be processed. You will receive a message about this.
- Does your request meet the requirements? If so, we will contact you to discuss your request further.
- This is followed by the neighborhood poll and your neighbors can indicate how they feel about your request.
- Based on the outcome of the neighborhood poll, your request will be implemented or not. You and your neighbors will be informed by email of the decision made.
