Finding business premises or relocating a business
On this page you find rules and regulations in relation to finding business premises or relocating a business. For example, your company must comply with the zoning plan requirements imposed by the local municipality where you want to establish a business. You must also observe the provisions of the Flora and Fauna Act (Flora- en faunawet). If you plan to run a business from your home, you are normally obliged to report this plan to your local municipality.
- 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 ...
- Automatic issuing of a permit (government decision deadline exceeded)
If you apply for a permit in the Netherlands, the authorities have to take a decision by a set deadline. If the ...
- Commercial telephony: corporate numbers and paid/free information numbers
You must apply to the Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority (Onafhankelijke Post en Telecommunicatie ...
- Dispensation from or amendments to a zoning plan
If you want to build, make alterations to or expand business premises in the Netherlands, you will need to take ...
- 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 ...
- Environmental permit or notification of environmental management
Businesses in the Netherlands have to deal with environmental regulations concerning such issues as noise, energy, ...
- 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 ...
- Quiet areas
A quiet area is an environmental protection area in which the natural sounds of the area (flora and fauna) ...
- Registration in the Trade Register
If you set up a business in the Netherlands, you must have it included in the Trade Register of the Chamber of ...
- Registration with the Tax and Customs Administration
If you set up or take over a business in the Netherlands, you must register with the Tax and Customs ...
- Staying in the Netherlands
If you intend to stay in the Netherlands for some time or permanently for your business, you must fulfil a number of ...
- Structural vision and zoning plan
In a structural vision, municipal and provincial authorities outline potential spatial planning developments. A ...
- Water extraction area and groundwater protection area
The provincial authorities establish land use regulations in water extraction areas, groundwater protection areas ...
- Zoned industrial estates
The combined noise emissions of companies on a zoned industrial estate may not exceed a certain level. The ...