Key legal question
Whether the municipality had standing to complain of violation of communal autonomy in tree protection matters.
Extracted holding
Yes; municipalities may appeal under Art. 89(2)(c) LTF when invoking constitutional guarantees, and the scope of autonomy is a merits question.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that communal autonomy exists in the cantonally decentralized sphere of tree protection, where communes have a broad discretion under cantonal law.