Tree Management · Logistics & Ports
Tree Enumeration & NOC for Logistics Platforms and Port Land
Large land-side logistics parcels carry substantial standing tree stock, and nothing is felled or shifted until the enumeration is done and the Tree Authority or the competent authority outside urban limits issues its permission: which is what actually gates platform levelling.
Screening view on your project, with the category and route named. No obligation.
What this means for logistics & ports
Logistics platforms are built on big parcels, frequently assembled from agricultural and orchard land, and the tree stock on them is correspondingly large: mango and other fruit trees, coconut and palm along boundaries, and mature roadside stock along the approach. The permission regime depends on where the parcel sits. Inside a municipal corporation or council area, the Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Preservation of Trees Act 1975 applies and the local Tree Authority decides, with each corporation running its own process, its own fee structure and its own compensatory planting ratio; the amendment made in 2021 tied the number of trees to be planted in compensation to the age of the tree felled and gave trees above the heritage age threshold a further layer of approval. Outside urban limits a different route applies through the competent authority under the State's felling regulation. For a large logistics parcel this often means one project with parcels under two different regimes, and both have to be cleared before earthworks. The sequencing consequence is the point people miss: platform levelling and pavement construction cannot start on a parcel where felling permission is pending, and on a phased development that single dependency can hold an entire phase.
How KIPL runs it
KIPL enumerates properly (every tree numbered, girth and species recorded, position picked up so the schedule can be read against the layout drawing) because an enumeration that does not tie to the layout cannot support a transplantation case and will not survive scrutiny at the Tree Authority. From that, the trees are separated into those that must go, those that can be retained by adjusting a pavement edge or a drain alignment, and those genuinely worth transplanting, with a feasibility view on each rather than an optimistic list. Retention is usually the cheapest answer available: a boundary avenue kept in place counts towards the green belt condition on the clearance and is worth more as a mature screen than any replacement planting. We then run the application through the relevant authority, and where transplantation is committed, the post-transplant survival obligation is monitored and reported, since that is the condition that stays open long after the platform is built. On coastal made-up ground, honest transplant feasibility matters: salt, compaction and poor drainage defeat a large share of transplanted stock.
- Tree Act 1975
No felling without the Tree Authority's permission
In urban areas the local Tree Authority decides, with its own process and compensatory planting ratio. Outside urban limits a separate route applies, and a big parcel may span both.
Felling permission gates the earthworks
Levelling, platform build-up and pavement construction cannot proceed where permission is pending. On a phased development this dependency holds the phase, not just the tree.
Retained trees serve the green belt condition
Mature stock kept in place counts towards the clearance's green belt obligation and screens the boundary far better than replacement saplings will for a decade.
What you receive
Written for logistics & ports, not adapted from a template.
- 01Full enumeration with numbering, species, girth and position, tied to the layout drawing
- 02Regime determination per parcel, Tree Authority area or the route applicable outside urban limits
- 03Retention review: trees savable by adjusting pavement edges, drain alignments and boundary works
- 04Transplant feasibility assessment, honest about salt, compaction and drainage on made-up coastal ground
- 05Tree NOC application with compensatory planting proposal to the authority's ratio
- 06Transplantation execution and post-transplant survival monitoring and reporting
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Answered against the regulation as it stands, not as a sales pitch. If your situation is not here, ask us directly.
Ask a question →Which authority grants tree felling permission for a logistics park?
It depends on where the parcel lies. Within a municipal corporation or council area the local Tree Authority decides under the Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Preservation of Trees Act 1975; outside urban limits permission runs through the competent authority under the State's felling regulation. Large logistics parcels frequently straddle the boundary, and each part has to be dealt with under its own regime.
How many trees have to be planted in compensation?
The ratio is set by the authority granting permission, and in urban Maharashtra the 2021 amendment linked the number of replacement trees to the age of the tree being felled, with an additional layer of approval for trees above the heritage age threshold. Because the ratio is age-linked, an accurate enumeration recording girth and estimated age directly determines the compensatory planting liability.
Is transplantation a realistic alternative to felling?
For some trees, in some conditions. Species, girth, root condition, the receiving site and the aftercare all decide it, and on coastal made-up ground salt, compaction and poor drainage defeat a large proportion of transplanted stock. We give a feasibility view tree by tree rather than committing to a transplant number that will fail, because the post-transplant survival obligation is monitored and a failed transplant is a live non-compliance.
Can earthworks start while the tree application is pending?
Not on the affected area. Felling, lopping or shifting a tree without permission is an offence, and in practice the contractor cannot level or build up a platform where trees are still standing. This makes the tree application an early critical-path item on any large parcel, and starting it after the layout is finalised rather than alongside it is how a phase slips.
Do retained trees help with the clearance conditions?
Yes. Mature trees kept in place count towards the green belt and plantation obligations attached to the Environment Clearance and the consent, and they deliver screening and dust interception immediately, which replacement saplings will not do for years. On a container yard boundary, a retained avenue is worth considerably more than the compensatory planting that would replace it.
What does the survival obligation involve after transplantation?
The transplanted trees have to be monitored and their survival reported to the authority for the period it specifies, with replacement where they fail. It is a condition that outlives construction, so responsibility for watering, staking and aftercare has to be assigned to someone who will still be on site: usually the facility team rather than the civil contractor who moved the tree.
Stage by stage
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Also for logistics & ports
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Relevant proof
MCGM GARDEN DEVELOPMENT- MIYAWAKI PLANTATION
Miyawaki dense forestation across 27 locations in 7 wards using native species, delivered under the municipal greening programme.
- Area
- ~74,000 m²
- Trees
- ≈1,10,000
- CO₂ (est.)
- 2,052 t
Where we do this
Tree Management for logistics & ports, city by city.
Other sectors
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Next step
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