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On this page you find rules and regulations in relation to business activity undertaken in the vicinity of your company. If you intend to build an access or exit road connecting your business premises to a public road, you must have a permit from your local municipality. In principle, soil excavation (earth removal) is permitted only after you have been granted an earth removal permit from the provincial authority. You normally need a felling licence to cut down trees.
- Advertising permit
If you want to advertise on a building in the Netherlands, for example on a billboard or an illuminated sign, you ...
- All-in-one Permit for Physical Aspects (omgevingsvergunning)
If your company is based in the Netherlands and your work involves construction or alterations to structures, listed ...
- Business Improvement District
In the Netherlands, the Business Improvement Districts (Experiments) Act has been in effect since 2009. Within the ...
- CCTV monitoring
Subject to certain conditions, employers in the Netherlands have the right to install closed-circuit television ...
- Construction permit
You will sometimes require a permit in the Netherlands if you carry out construction work in areas of scenic or ...
- Dispensation from the Flora and Fauna Act
The Dutch Flora and Fauna Act (Flora- en faunawet) regulates the protection of plant and animal species. The Act ...
- Driveway permit or egress permit
You need a permit if you have business premises in the Netherlands and you want to build or change a driveway ...
- Environmental permit or notification of environmental management
Businesses in the Netherlands have to deal with environmental regulations concerning such issues as noise, energy, ...
- Noise regulations
In order to prevent noise pollution, companies must comply with noise regulations as laid down in legislation, ...
- Permit for closing a public road
If you want to close a road in order to carry out work or organise an event, you will need a permit from the ...
- Permit under the Nature Conservation Act
Natura 2000 is a network of nature conservation areas spread throughout Europe. The 162 Natura 2000 areas in the ...
- Prevention of crime
If you run a business in the Netherlands and the business faces risks from criminal activities, you can take various ...
- Quiet areas
A quiet area is an environmental protection area in which the natural sounds of the area (flora and fauna) ...
- Reporting tree-felling and obligatory reforestation
If you want to cut down 20 trees or more (or arrange for this to be done) in an existing forest in the Netherlands, ...
- Soil contamination, remediation or survey
If you operate a business in the Netherlands and detect soil contamination or impairment at your business site or ...
- Storing hazardous substances
In the Netherlands, the storage of hazardous substances is subject to strict regulations. In certain cases, an ...
- Tree-felling licence
You will sometimes require a permit in the Netherlands if you want to cut down, move or drastically prune one or ...
- Water extraction area and groundwater protection area
The provincial authorities establish land use regulations in water extraction areas, groundwater protection areas ...
- Water permit
You are required to submit a notification if you perform activities in surface water or using groundwater in the ...
- Zoned industrial estates
The combined noise emissions of companies on a zoned industrial estate may not exceed a certain level. The ...
