Environment and Planning Act of the Netherlands
This page provides an overview of Dutch government information available in English on the future Dutch Environment and Planning Act (Omgevingswet). The Environment and Planning Act is expected to come into force on January 1, 2024.
The Environment and Planning Act (Omgevingswet) combines and modernises laws for spatial planning, housing, infrastructure, the environment, nature and water. It focuses on a healthy physical environment that meets the needs of society.
The Environment and Planning Act (Omgevingswet) combines and modernises laws for spatial planning, housing, infrastructure, the environment, nature and water. Consolidated version June 2021.
Decree concerning procedural rules and rules about general topics on protecting and using the physical environment (Omgevingsbesluit). Consolidated version December 2020.
Decree concerning rules on the quality of the physical environment and the performance of tasks and authorities (Besluit kwaliteit leefomgeving). Consolidated version December 2020
Decree concerning rules about activities in the physical living environment (Besluit activiteiten leefomgeving). Consolidated version December 2020
Decree concerning rules about structures in the physical living environment (Besluit bouwwerken leefomgeving). Consolidated version December 2020
Simpler and Better - The Environmental Planning Act: the main changes, August 2013.
National Strategy on Spatial Planning and the Environment: A sustainable perspective for our living environment.
The drafting principles aim at establishing smarter requirements on environmental reporting by Member States to the EU.
The most recent version of the General Assessment Methodology (GAM) (2016) was adopted on July 1th 2016, a methodology adopted by what was then the Committee on Integrated Water Management (CIW).
Guide to permit requirement for environmentally harmful activities in the port.