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Heritage Tree Work permits are always required for any work on Heritage Trees, whether on public rights-of-way or private property. Applications can be submitted online via DevHub or by mail at no cost.

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Heritage Tree Work permit required for any work on Heritage Trees in the right-of-way (Heritage Tree Permits ↗)
Heritage Tree Work permit required for any work on Heritage Trees on private property (Heritage Tree Permits ↗)
Online submission via DevHub at https://devhub.portlandoregon.gov/permits/sfjsp?interviewID=Landing&workspace=portland&lang=en ↗ (Heritage Tree Permits ↗)
Mail submission to Tree Permitting, 1900 SW 4th Ave., Suite 5000, Portland, Oregon 97201 (Heritage Tree Permits ↗)
No fee required for Heritage Tree permits (Heritage Tree Permits ↗)

Entities: permit: Heritage Tree Work permit | resource: Heritage Tree | tree_category: Street Heritage Trees · Private Heritage Trees | platform: DevHub | department: Tree Permitting

Heritage Tree Permits

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When is a Heritage Tree Work permit required?

Always.

Check out the main Heritage Trees ↗ page.

Street Heritage Trees: A permit is required for any work on a Heritage Tree in the right-of-way.

Private Heritage Trees: A permit is required for any work on a Heritage Tree on private property.

Download the application

Submit the forms

Online

To file the completed application forms online, using DevHub:

Apply on DevHub ↗

By mail

Mail to:

Tree Permitting
1900 SW 4th Ave., Suite 5000
Portland, Oregon 97201

Include:

Heritage Tree Permit Application

There is no fee required.