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 the Omgevingsloket. 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 the Omgevingsloket (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 the Omgevingsloket (in Dutch).
This is how it works for you
Here is some information from your municipality.
Municipality of Maastricht: Applying for a planning permit
Do you want to know whether you need an omgevingsvergunning (planning permit)? You can do an online vergunningcheck (permit check) at the Omgevingsloket online (planning permit online service desk) in Dutch.
This is how you apply for planning permission:
- Go to the Omgevingsloket online.
- Do the 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
The cost depends on which environmental permit you apply for. You will pay even if you do not get the permit.
The municipality will need 8 weeks (standard procedure) to assess your application. It will sometimes take 26 weeks (extended procedure). This will be the case, for example, if you want something different from what is stated in the bestemmingsplan (zoning plan). The municipality can extend the period once for a period of 6 weeks.
You can view the list of permit applications and decisions on Berichten over uw buurt - Zoeken | Overheid.nl
Do you disagree with the decision? Then you can object. The following applies:
For a standard environmental permit (8 weeks), you file an objection within 6 weeks of the publication of the decision. How to do so is listed in the published decisions.
If it is an extensive environmental permit (26 weeks), it is a draft decision. You can submit a view within 6 weeks. After that, there will be a final decision. You can appeal to the court within 6 weeks.
Good to know
You cannot start until you have received the permit. If you start earlier, you may have to undo the work at your own expense.
Questions about this topic?
Contact the Municipality of Maastricht
Visiting address
Mosae Forum 10
6211DW Maastricht
| Monday | 08:30 - 16:30 |
| Tuesday | 08:30 - 16:30 |
| Wednesday | 08:30 - 16:30 |
| Thursday | 11:00 - 19:00 |
| Friday | 08:30 - 12:30 |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |