Municipality Smallingerland: Applying for an environment and planning permit
Do you want to know if you have to submit a notification or if you need an all-in-one permit for physical aspects (omgevingsvergunning)? You can do an online permit check on the online service counter (omgevingsloket in Dutch).
If it turns out that you do need a permit or need to make a notification, then you can request a permit through the Environmental Portal(Environmental Portal online - Home page). Individuals need to log in using DigiD and companies using e-identification.
Applying for a permit
For demolition work and removal of asbestos from your own property you do not normally need an environmental permit, but you do need to submit a notification. Check the prerequisites for demolition and removal of asbestos at Demolition and removal of asbestos - Smallingerland.
The charges will depend on which environmental permit you are applying for. You will be charged even if you do not obtain the permit. You can look up the charges for each permit in Smallingerland municipality’s Fees Regulation
The municipality takes 8 weeks (standard procedure) to decide on your application. Sometimes it may take 26 weeks (extended procedure). This can happen, for example, if you are applying for something different to what is included in the development plan. The municipality can extend the deadline once by 6 weeks.
Announcements are public publications of decisions and rules that may be relevant to you. For example, environmental permits, traffic decisions, regulations and policy rules. We publish them on www.overheid.nl. You can also see the announcements each week on our noticeboard on the end of the municipal building, The announcements are also published each Wednesday for information in Actief. This weekly newsletter is free of charge and is delivered house-to-house within the municipality. In Announcements - Smallingerland is a list of locations where you can pick up the newsletter free of charge.
Do you want to lodge an objection? Then you need to do the following:
· For a standard environmental permit (8 weeks) you need to object within 6 weeks of publication of the decision. Instructions how to do this are included in the published decisions.
· If it is an extended environmental permit (26 weeks), then it is a draft decision. You can submit your point of view within 6 weeks. This is followed by a definitive decision. You can submit an appeal to the court within 6 weeks.
Useful to know
You can only make a start once you have received the permit. If you start any earlier, then you will likely have to reverse all the work you did at your own expense.