Applying for a planning permit

Are you planning to build or demolish something in your garden or next to your home? For example, do you intend to build a garage or cut down a tree? If so, you will often need a planning permit (omgevingsvergunning). You can apply for this permit via Omgevingsloket online. In some cases you only need to notify the authorities, and no permit is required.

You need a planning permit for various activities in your garden or in and around your house, such as:

construction;
demolition;
building a driveway;
modifying, renovating or restoring a listed building;
cutting down trees.

Go to Omgevingsloket online (online environment portal) to check whether you require a planning permit (in Dutch) or if just a notification is sufficient.

You can apply for a planning permit via Omgevingsloket online (in Dutch).

If you prefer to send in a written application, you can download a planning permit form (in Dutch) via Omgevingsloket online. You can send the form by post to your municipality.

This is how it works in your (future) place of residence

Your (future) place of residence falls under the Municipality of Hilversum.

Municipality of Hilversum

Apply for an environmental permit

Rules

Check if your plan complies with the rules:

Destination plan (Bestemmingsplan): What is allowed in a certain place
- If your plan does not fit into the destionation plan, you must request permission to deviate
- Read more about deviating from the destination plan
- You can request the permission at the Environment counter (Omgevingsloket), along with the other permits you need
Welfare note (Welstandsnota): Rules about how the building may look and whether the design fits into the environment
Building Regulations Hilversum: Municipality rules about building
Building Regulations like Building Decree 2012 (general rules about building)

Nature conservation

You must check whether plants or animals that are protected by the Nature Conservation Act live on the construction site. see if you need permission and how to request it
The municipality asks you to take nature into account in all construction activities
Read how to do this on the page nature-inclusive building

Involve the neighborhood (participation)

In Hilversum, everyone who starts a project (initiators) has to contact people who live in the area or are involved in another way (stakeholders) at an early stage. That's called participation
For example, it may concern residents who want to place a dormer window, but also companies that want to build a new residential area
Download the manual Involve the neighborhood (pdf, 256 kb) to find out what to do, or what may be asked of you when participating

BLVC plan

For large construction projects with a lot of consequences for the environment, you send a BLVC plan along with the application. This concerns measures for Accessibility, Quality of Living and Safety during construction. And about the Communication about this to the neighborhood

Go to the Omgevingsloket online
Do the permit check (vergunningcheck)
See whether you need a permit
You can apply for the permit immediately online or in writing. Use the Omgevingsloket for both options. Log in: for yourself: with DigiD. for a company: with eHerkenning

See the possible costs on Hilversum.nl.