Authorisation for the construction and modification of shelters and bivouacs

Provincial authorisation must be obtained for the construction or alteration of alpine huts, hiking refuges and bivouacs (defined as alpine facilities). This authorisation is issued by the Co-ordination Commission and applies to work on the main buildings and ancillary works (e.g. cableway, water adduction and storage facilities, waste water management facilities, storage facilities of any kind, helicopter pad, hydroelectric power station and power line).

Landscape authorisation for mountaineering facilities is given by the Town Planning and Landscape Protection Service expressed within the framework of the Coordination Commission and therefore no authorisation from the Community Landscape Commission is required.

The authorisation of the Coordination Commission does not include:

• impact assessment for interventions that affect, even partially, the protected areas of the Natura 2000 network (SAC and/or SPA) or other protected areas - to be acquired from the Sustainable Development and Protected Areas Service, prior to submitting the application
• authorisations relating to cultural heritage - to be acquired following authorisation by the Coordination Commission;
• authorisations and/or concessions for the protection of public waters, occupation of the provincial water domain or relating to hydraulic works - to be acquired following authorisation by the Coordination Commission;
• provisions for the protection of the environment from pollution - to be acquired following authorisation by the Coordination Commission;
• fire prevention opinion if the number of beds exceeds 25 - to be obtained following authorisation by the Coordination Commission.

The application may be submitted by the owner of the property (legal representative of a company, association or public body, owner of a sole proprietorship or private citizen)

The application for authorisation must be submitted to the Tourism and Sport Service using the appropriate form, complete with the required attachments and in accordance with the instructions contained in the specific guidelines, to be sent to the certified mailbox serv.turismo@pec.provincia.tn.it.

The application must be accompanied by the project documentation in digital format as described in the following section on forms

The procedure comprises the following stages

• technical investigation;
• opinion of the Coordination Commission;
• authorisation or refusal decision by the Coordination Commission.

The outcome of the procedure will be communicated to the applicant.

If the deadline is exceeded, the applicant may appeal to the General Manager of the Department for Crafts, Commerce, Promotion, Sport and Tourism. Alternatively, he may appeal to the Regional Court of Administrative Justice or to the Civil Court.

If the outcome is negative, without prejudice to the possibility of appealing to the competent jurisdictional authority depending on the flaws raised, it is possible to appeal to the President of the Republic within 120 days from the notification of the measure.