Checking a zoning plan
Are you unable to find the zoning plan you are looking for on the website of the Omgevingsloket?? Then you can contact the municipality at phone number +31 182 58 84 44 or e-mail gemeente@gouda.nl. Provide the address of the premises and state your question.
Policy strategies and (draft) zoning plans
If you want to look at zoning plans that the municipality has not yet adopted, contact the municipality at phone number +31 182 58 84 44 or e-mail gemeente@gouda.nl.
Expressing an opinion on a zoning plan
Information about how and where to express your opinion is provided when the draft zoning plan is published.
Damage caused by a zoning plan
A planning decision made by the municipality may cause you damage or financial loss. Examples include new zoning plans or decisions to issue an all-in-one permit for physical aspects (omgevingsvergunning) that grants an exemption from the zoning plan. You can claim compensation if you suffer damages. To claim compensation, you must wait until the municipality’s decision is final. It is final when it is no longer open to objection or appeal.
There are two important criteria to qualify for compensation for damage caused by planning decisions (vergoeding planschade):
- you could not have foreseen the damage when you bought the building or the land;
- you did not receive any other compensation, for instance for expropriation (onteigening)
Applying for compensation
If you want to claim compensation from the municipality, you have to do so within 5 years of the municipality’s final decision. Contact the municipality at phone number +31 182 58 84 44 or e-mail gemeente@gouda.nl.
You pay a fee for this service. For more information, contact the municipality at phone number +31 182 58 84 44 or e-mail gemeente@gouda.nl.
It will take at least 6 weeks to deal with your claim/application, but it can also take over 1 year.