Filing an objection
If you disagree with a decision or order of the municipality, you can file an objection. You must be an interested party, i.e. be affected by the decision. After publication of the decision you have 6 weeks to submit your objection. This must be done with the municipality that has made the decision.
You will receive a written confirmation of receipt. You will often receive an invitation for a hearing, where you can explain the objection orally. Would you like the municipal decision to be temporarily invalid (suspended) during your objection procedure? Then submit a request for a preliminary injunction to the preliminary relief judge of the court.
Residents and businesses can submit their objection digitally. The button below will take you to the online form. You will need .
Terms
You can ask someone else to file an objection on your behalf. You must authorize this person to do so. The authorized representative can then also explain the objection on your behalf during the hearing.
If you have written the objection in a foreign language and a translation is needed for proper handling, you must provide the translation yourself.
Approach
You can submit your objection preferably digitally via the application button. Written objections can be sent to the municipality:
Municipality of Gemert-Bakel
Attn: Objections Committee
PO Box 10.000
5420 DA Gemert
Your objection must state:
- your name, address and phone number
- the date the objection was written
- A description (preferably with case number) and the date of the decision you are objecting to (or a copy of the decision or publication).
- the reasons for your objection
- your signature
Have you filed your objection and changed your mind? If so, you can withdraw your objection. If so, contact the Legal Affairs Department of the municipality as soon as possible.
Term
Your objection will be considered after the objection period has expired. The municipality then has 6 weeks. This period is 12 weeks if the Objections Committee has to look at your objection. The municipality may extend the decision period by a maximum of 6 weeks.
Requesting preliminary relief
During the appeal process, the decision made is valid as usual. But it may be, that during that time the decision has or will have irreparable consequences for you. In that case, after you have filed a notice of objection, you can ask the preliminary relief judge of the District Court in ' to make a special arrangement for the period that the notice of objection is still pending. This is called a "preliminary injunction." This puts off the felling of a tree for a while, for example. There are costs (court fees) associated with requesting a remedy.
Objection and appeal
Do you disagree with the decision on your appeal? Then you can appeal to the link-icon.
Objection to tax assessment
Do you object to a municipal tax assessment? Please check the relevant page.