Application for authorisation to operate a rescue station

Main information

As a person interested in operating a rescue station caring for handicapped or injured wildlife, you must obtain a permit for this activity issued in the form of a decision of the Ministry of the Environment.

This applies to you if

You want to run a rescue station.

When to use this service

Anytime during the year.

Vyřízení služby - elektronicky

What you need if you are using this service

You must submit to the Nature Conservation Authority an application containing the general requirements laid down in the Code of Administrative Procedure.

You will also submit project documentation of the project, which you submit as part of the permit-granting procedure under other legislation, or other similar documentation that will make it possible to assess the subject matter of the application. That documentation shall include, in particular:

a) information on the exact location and scope of the project, the investor and the person who prepared the project documentation of the project,

b) a detailed description of the technical and technological solution, consisting in particular in a description of the character of the project, justification of the location of the project in terms of the interests protected by this Act, including an overview of the options considered and the main reasons for their selection or rejection, from the point of view of nature and landscape protection,

c) information on the date of commencement of the implementation of the project and its completion, the duration of operation and the date of possible liquidation of the project,

d) information on inputs and outputs and the resulting expected effects of the project on the surrounding nature and landscape at the time of implementation, operation and eventual liquidation of the project,

e) an opinion of the nature protection authority on the significance of the effects of concepts and projects on European significant sites or bird areas or an assessment of the effects of a project on the subject of protection or the integrity of a European important site or bird area, unless it is a direct request for such an opinion, and an assessment of the effects of the planned intervention under Parts Two, Three and Five of the Nature and Landscape Protection Act, if required under this Act;

These are concepts or projects which, alone or in combination with others, may significantly affect the subject-matter of protection or the integrity of a site of European importance or a bird area, or interventions in the context of the construction or other use of the landscape, which may have a serious negative impact on caves, paleontological findings, landscape character, significant landscape feature, special protection areas, memorable trees, specially protected species of flora and fauna or on specially protected minerals.

f) technical drawings and map documentation.

In addition, you will provide the following details of the project in the application, if they are not already part of the project documentation:

a) the characteristics of the state of nature and landscape in the area concerned which are likely to be significantly affected by the project, in particular the structure and character of the landscape, its geomorphology and hydrology, ecosystems and their components, habitats of species, parts of the territory and species protected under the Nature and Landscape Conservation Act, in particular significant landscape features, territorial systems of ecological stability of the landscape, special protection areas, protection zones of special protection areas, natural parks, sites of European importance, bird areas, birds or specially protected species of flora and fauna;

b) the characteristics of possible effects and an estimate of their significance in terms of probability, duration, frequency and reversibility;

c) a proposal for measures to prevent, eliminate and reduce any significant adverse effects on nature and a description of the compensations, if possible with regard to the project;

d) enumeration and detailed explanation of the reasons for granting consent or permission for exemption in the case of an activity prohibited under the Nature and Landscape Protection Act, in accordance with this Act.

If you request a joint decision, you will also attach a single environmental opinion, if it is part of a project impact assessment under the Environmental Impact Assessment Act.

The application does not have a prescribed form, so it is written in free form.

Where and how to solve this service

You can send the request to the Ministry of the Environment via the data box (ID: 9gsaax4), which is the competent authority to issue a permit to operate a rescue station.

How much will you pay

None

Vyřízení služby - osobně

What you need if you are using this service

You must submit to the Nature Conservation Authority an application containing the general requirements laid down in the Code of Administrative Procedure.

You will also submit project documentation of the project, which you submit as part of the permit-granting procedure under other legislation, or other similar documentation that will make it possible to assess the subject matter of the application. That documentation shall include, in particular:

a) information on the exact location and scope of the project, the investor and the person who prepared the project documentation of the project,

b) a detailed description of the technical and technological solution, consisting in particular in a description of the character of the project, justification of the location of the project in terms of the interests protected by this Act, including an overview of the options considered and the main reasons for their selection or rejection, from the point of view of nature and landscape protection,

c) information on the date of commencement of the implementation of the project and its completion, the duration of operation and the date of possible liquidation of the project,

d) information on inputs and outputs and the resulting expected effects of the project on the surrounding nature and landscape at the time of implementation, operation and eventual liquidation of the project,

e) an opinion of the nature protection authority on the significance of the effects of concepts and projects on European significant sites or bird areas or an assessment of the effects of a project on the subject of protection or the integrity of a European important site or bird area, unless it is a direct request for such an opinion, and an assessment of the effects of the planned intervention under Parts Two, Three and Five of the Nature and Landscape Protection Act, if required under this Act;

These are concepts or projects which, alone or in combination with others, may significantly affect the subject-matter of protection or the integrity of a site of European importance or a bird area, or interventions in the context of the construction or other use of the landscape, which may have a serious negative impact on caves, paleontological findings, landscape character, significant landscape feature, special protection areas, memorable trees, specially protected species of flora and fauna or on specially protected minerals.

f) technical drawings and map documentation.

In addition, you will provide the following details of the project in the application, if they are not already part of the project documentation:

a) the characteristics of the state of nature and landscape in the area concerned which are likely to be significantly affected by the project, in particular the structure and character of the landscape, its geomorphology and hydrology, ecosystems and their components, habitats of species, parts of the territory and species protected under the Nature and Landscape Conservation Act, in particular significant landscape features, territorial systems of ecological stability of the landscape, special protection areas, protection zones of special protection areas, natural parks, sites of European importance, bird areas, birds or specially protected species of flora and fauna;

b) the characteristics of possible effects and an estimate of their significance in terms of probability, duration, frequency and reversibility;

c) a proposal for measures to prevent, eliminate and reduce any significant adverse effects on nature and a description of the compensations, if possible with regard to the project;

d) enumeration and detailed explanation of the reasons for granting consent or permission for exemption in the case of an activity prohibited under the Nature and Landscape Protection Act, in accordance with this Act.

If you request a joint decision, you will also attach a single environmental opinion, if it is part of a project impact assessment under the Environmental Impact Assessment Act.

The application does not have a prescribed form, so it is written in free form.

Where and how to solve this service

You can submit the application to the Ministry of the Environment in person or send it by post, which is the competent authority to issue a permit to operate a rescue station.

Ministry of the Environment

How much will you pay

None

Additional information

What is the benefit of this service

The benefit of this service is the verification of professional, technical and personnel background for the licensed activity. 

Appeal options

You can file an application for a review of consent with the nature protection authority that issued the opinion, the Ministry of the Environment.