Applying for a permit for an activity on a Natura 2000 site

Do you want to carry out activities in or close to a Natura 2000 site? For example, building a house or cutting down trees. Some activities are harmful to nature because they disturb the habitat of plants or animals. You must therefore apply for a permit from the province where you plan to carry out the activities.

This is how it works for you

Your (future) place of residence falls under:

Province of Noord-Holland

Here is some information from your province.

Requesting a permit for activities in a Natura 2000 area

If you want to carry out a project or activities in or near a ‘Natura 2000’ nature reserve that could adversely affect the quality of the protected area, you first need a permit from the provincial authorities.

You must apply for a permit if:

you wish to carry out a project or activities that could adversely affect a Natura 2000 site. For example, because of the expansion of your agricultural holding, leading to an increase in nitrogen deposition in the Natura 2000 site
it cannot be ruled out in advance that your activities might adversely affect the quality of natural habitats or cause the habitats to deteriorate
it cannot be ruled out in advance that your activities might have a disruptive effect on the plant and animal species for which the site has been designated
these activities are not exempted in a management plan or regulation as referred to in the Nature Conservation Act

You apply for the permit with the province in which the project is located.

If you have applied for a permit, in most cases the regular process applies. In this case you will receive the decision within 13 weeks from the date the OD NH received your application. the OD NH can extend this period once only by 7 weeks. For certain situations an extended process applies. With the extended process, it will take an average of 6 months before the OD NH makes a final decision on your application. Please note that this site is in Dutch only.

If you have applied for a permit, your application could go through one of two processes, as described below.

Regular process

If you do not agree with our decision on your application, you can lodge an objection. You will need to do this within 6 weeks of the decision.
If you disagree with the decision on your objection, you can lodge an appeal with the court within 6 weeks.

Extended process

We will make the provisional decision available for inspection for 6 weeks.
During this period, any interested party can give their opinion on this by ‘submitting a representation’ (zienswijze indienen).
We will then make our final decision.
Anyone who has submitted a representation and does not agree with our final decision can lodge an appeal against this with the court.