Procedure descriptions
Applying for a change to the development objective of an eco-account measure
Eco-account measures are voluntary measures to enhance nature and the landscape. They are already being implemented without having to be immediately linked to a construction project or intervention in nature. Such measures can be implemented by agricultural and forestry businesses, other private landowners or local authorities. These measures are stored in a special register. They can later be used as compensation for their own interventions in nature or sold to others.
Under certain conditions, you can apply to the nature conservation authority that authorised the eco-account measure to change the development objective of the eco-account measure.
Responsible authority
The authority responsible for examining the application and granting approval is the lower nature conservation authority.
The lower administrative authority is
- if you live in an urban district: the city administration
- if you live in a rural district: the district administration
Details
Prerequisite
Approval shall be granted if the required documents have been submitted using the prescribed electronic forms.
Procedure
As the organiser of eco-account measures, you can register via the access for organisers of measures for the internet application "Compensation register & eco-account" department eco-account in nature conservation law and then receive personal access.
- This access can be used to apply to the lower nature conservation authority to change the development objective of an eco-account measure.
- You can find the internet application here.
- The internet application "Compensation register & eco-account" is an independent specialised procedure outside the Baden-Württemberg service portal.
As the person responsible for the measure, you must then sign the application to change the development objective and send it by post with all other necessary documents to the responsible lower nature conservation authority. The application for approval to change the development objective is given the status "applied for" when the application is created and is notified to the lower nature conservation authority for review. In this status, the data can no longer be changed.
Deadlines
none
Required documents
The application for approval must contain
1. information on the baseline condition in relation to the impact areas, and in the case of biotope and soil-related impact areas also on the baseline value in ecopoints, by a competent person,
2. descriptions of the planned measures in relation to the impact areas and their evaluation in eco-points by a competent person,
3. the necessary authorisations in accordance with other legal provisions (e.g. permission under water law),
4. Information on the utilisation of public funding.
The information must be provided in the electronic form that must be used; the documents to be submitted in accordance with point 3 must be attached separately to the application.
Costs
depending on the application
Processing time
depending on the application
Miscellaneous
none
Legal basis
Bundesnaturschutzgesetz (BNatSchG):
- § 15 Verursacherpflichten, Unzulässigkeit von Eingriffen; Ermächtigung zum Erlass von Rechtsverordnungen
- § 16 Bevorratung von Kompensationsmaßnahmen
- § 15 Rechtsfolgen des Eingriffs (ergänzende landesrechtliche Vorschrift zu § 15 BNatSchG)
- § 16 Bevorratung von Kompensationsmaßnahmen (ergänzende landesrechtliche Vorschrift zu § 16 BNatSchG)
- § 3 Antragsverfahren
- § 6 Rechte und Pflichten des Maßnahmenträgers
Release note
Machine generated, based on the German release by: Umweltministerium Baden-Württemberg, 23.06.2025