Environmental Plan

In the environmental plan you will find the general rules for the physical environment in our municipality. It contains our rules about what you may do in your environment, how you may use a place and what you may build or remodel there. It is the successor to the previously applicable zoning plans, but also goes further. The environmental plan is about the quality, safety and sustainability of our entire living environment.

Consulting the environment plan

You can view the current version of the environment plan via the digital environment counter external link icon. This includes: 'rules on mapexternal-link-icon' in the menu bar at the top. There you can enter your address and see what rules apply to your location. Please note that the system will continue to be built over the next few years, so things may not yet be easy to find or completely clear. If we can help with this, please contactexternal-link-icon.

The temporary environmental plan

As of January 1, 2024, the previously applicable zoning plans are automatically transferred to the environmental plan. Because this environmental plan does not yet have its final form, we will still speak of a temporary environmental plan until 2032 at the latest. We will gradually renew the information in the temporary environmental plan by adopting the new environmental plan in parts.

Review of the environmental plan

Activities in the physical environment, such as building and remodeling, cutting down a tree or using land, must comply with the rules in the environmental plan. If you have a plan that does not fit within the rules of the environmental plan, please contact the municipality via telephone number 0492-378 500 or via e-mail gemeente@gemert-bakel.nl. In consultation, we will examine whether the plan could still be realized and what procedure could provide the opportunity to do so. The Environment Act has three variants:

  1. The within-plan environmental planning activity (OPA);
  2. The out-of-plan environmental planning activity (BOPA);
  3. Amending the environmental plan
Do you have any questions?

If you have questions for your building plan or initiative about the environmental plan or the procedures described in the Environment Act, please contact us by phone at 0492-378 500 or by email gemeente@gemert-bakel.nl. If you need help applying for an environmental permit through the digital Omgevingsloketexternal link icon, you can also contact us.

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Animation environmental plan and consideration space

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This animation explains the environmental plan and scope. The environmental plan makes clear to governments, residents and initiators which developments and initiatives are possible within an area. Together they can achieve the desired living environment.