Procedure

Procedure – Physical Environment Plan

From 1 January 2024, every municipality has one physical environment plan that applies to its entire territory and that contains all municipal rules on the physical living environment. In due course, this physical environment plan will replace all zoning plans and many municipal bylaws. It also contains rules on water and the environment, for example, which were formerly regulated at national level. This makes the physical environment plan the main regulatory framework for municipalities themselves as well as for their residents and businesses.A physical environment plan does not take effect until a procedure for its adoption has been completed. This procedure is the only opportunity for making any substantive changes to the physical environment plan.

Our Procedure – Physical Environment Plan factsheet therefore discusses this procedure and explains the stages at which this procedure offers the possibility to make any substantive changes – through public participation or through the administrative court. In addition to the factsheet, we have also included a procedure timeline, showing the various stages of the procedure for drawing up or changing a physical environment plan.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact one of our experts: Marloes Brans, Rick van der Hulle, Monica Sonderegger or Luurt Wildeboer.