Planning a larger construction project? Explore your idea
Are you planning to build, and is it a larger project, such as multiple homes or apartments? If so, please involve us in your plans early on. We’d be happy to brainstorm with you and explore the possibilities together. This will give you clarity quickly and allow you to move forward with a solid plan.
Therefore, please first request a preliminary consultation with the municipality’s Triage Team. Do this before you submit a formal application for an environmental permit. We call this “Explore Your Idea.”
You can explore your idea through the Environmental Service Portal.
How does that work?
An initiative manager from the Triage Team will handle and guide your initiative.
- Within 8 weeks, we will assess whether your initiative is desirable and generally feasible. We will also decide on the most appropriate next step.
- We will send you a letter with the results of this assessment. We call this a preliminary decision.
There are three possible next steps:
Your initiative is desirable and has limited environmental impacts
Your initiative can then move forward through the permitting process. You will work with the municipality to further develop your initiative. The goal is to develop an initiative for which you can apply for a permit.
Your initiative is desirable, but it is complex or has significant implications for the surrounding area
First, we’ll determine if and when the municipality has sufficient capacity for this. If that capacity is available, your initiative can move forward through the Development Process. A municipal project manager will guide you through this process.
Together, you’ll further develop the initiative. In a letter of intent, we’ll set out agreements regarding, among other things, the approach, the necessary studies, the schedule, everyone’s commitment, and the costs. This is followed by a 100-working-day feasibility phase. During this phase, we’ll work together to determine whether your initiative is feasible from a spatial, technical, and financial perspective. We’ll also examine participation, risks, and the necessary next steps.Your initiative is not desirable or not feasible
In the decision in principle, we explain why this is the case.
Apply for an environmental permit
Has your initiative been sufficiently developed? If so, you can submit an application for an environmental permit through the Omgevingsloket.
Submit your application through the Omgevingsloket
When you submit your application, you must provide all documents and studies required by law. The legal procedure for obtaining the permit will then follow.
Good to know
- A decision in principle is neither a formal decision nor an environmental permit. It also does not guarantee that you will be granted a permit at a later date. You cannot file an objection or appeal against a decision in principle.
- You must pay a fee to have a preliminary consultation or an application for an environmental permit processed.
- We will evaluate your preliminary consultation based on the information you provide and the rules and policies in effect at that time.
- A decision in principle is valid for up to one year.
- We can't take on every desirable initiative right away. Each season, the municipality reassesses our capacity and determines which initiatives we can take on.