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Building sites and constructions (19 regulations)Environmental issues in the construction sector (24 regulations)Health and safety in the construction sector (21 regulations)

Applying for a sewer connection

Do you plan to build a new business premises in the Netherlands? Or is your existing business premises not yet connected to the sewer? You must apply for a sewer connection to the municipal...

Demolition or asbestos removal

Do you carry out demolition activities that result in more than 10 m3 demolition waste? Or do you plan to remove asbestos? Then you must submit a demolition notification through the online service...

Energy labels

In the Netherlands, a number of product categories, cars, and buildings must carry an energy label. The energy label includes information about the product's energy consumption. It also states the...

Attention: amendment

Environment and planning permit for building

There are 2 types of environment and planning permits for building: an environment and planning permit for a technical building activity. For instance a building’s safety, sustainability, and use an...

Environment and planning permit: felling trees

Do you want to cut down, move, or drastically prune 1 or more trees? And do you want to do this within your municipality’s built-up area? Then in some cases you must apply for an environment and...

Environment and planning permit: laying and managing cables and pipelines

Rules for laying cables and pipelines Do you want to lay cables and pipelines (and the equipment that goes with it) in public land? Then you should file a notification (KLIC-melding, in Dutch) with...

Environment and planning permit: renovating or demolishing protected monuments

Is your building a national, provincial, or municipal listed monument? Or is it located in an urban or village conservation area? Then you cannot simply renovate or demolish it, or change something...

Environment and planning permit: temporarily placing an object on a public road

Do you want to temporarily place an object on a public road, the sidewalk, or parking space? In most municipalities you will need an environment and planning permit (omgevingsvergunning). The rules...

Gas and electricity metering company

Do you own a metering company for electricity and gas? You must be certified and authorised. Therefore you must meet several requirements. A metering company supplies, installs, and maintains the...

Notification of construction work

Do you want to carry out construction work or renovation work in the Netherlands? If so, you must notify the construction work the Netherlands Labour Authority (Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie, NLA) in...

Permit and authorisation for provincial waterway structures

You need a permit from the provincial authority if you want to carry out any of the following activities for a water management structure in provincial waterways: dig build reroute or re-lay rebuild...

Permit for closing a public road

The responsible road authority can either be the Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat, RWS), the municipal authority, or the provincial authority. You can look up...

Permit or dispensation for provincial public road structures

There are some conditions you need to fulfil before you can obtain this permit or dispensation: the road should be managed by the provincial authorities (in Dutch) your structure or activity should...

Public-private partnership (PPP)

In a public-private partnership (PPP or Publiek-Private Samenwerking, PPS, in Dutch), companies and government bodies or civil society organisations work together. In the area of housing, for example,...

Quality assurance for new building projects

Do you plan to start a new construction project, for example for a house or a simple commercial building? If you need a building permit, the Building Quality Assurance Act (Wet kwaliteitsborging voor...

Attention: amendment

Radiotelephone and handheld transceiver licence

Do you want to use a radiotelephone or handheld transceiver network? Then you need a licence from the Dutch Authority for Digital Infrastructure (Rijksinspectie Digitale Infrastructuur, RDI). This...

Reporting soil contamination

Reporting soil contamination and degradation Do you work with substances that may pollute or contaminate the soil? If so, you must report this to the online service counter Omgevingsloket (in Dutch)....

Rules for construction

Are you going to build, renovate, or demolish? If so, you must comply with the rules in the Decree on construction works in the living environment (Besluit bouwwerken leefomgeving, Bbl). And with the...

Attention: amendment

Using a mobile crusher

A mobile crusher is a machine with which you can make construction and demolition waste smaller. This includes excavators and shovels for transporting debris and granulate. And the screens that...

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