Construction and renovation, aesthetics
What is it?
If you have applied for an environmental permit for construction or renovation, the municipality may submit your application to the aesthetics committee. This committee will review:
- what the building will look like after construction or renovation
- which materials are used
- whether your building plan fits in with the existing environment or with other building plans in the area
- whether your building plan is of sufficient quality
The requirements that the municipality imposes on construction or renovation projects can be found in the aesthetic guidelines and the municipality's village quality plan.
What should I do?
As soon as the municipality informs you whether you will be granted an environmental permit, you will also know whether your building plan meets the aesthetic requirements.
Find out in advance whether your building plan complies with regulations
- If you want to know in advance whether your building plan meets the aesthetic requirements, you can request a preliminary consultation via the Omgevingsloket(Environment Desk). At the Omgevingsloket, the preliminary consultation is referred to as 'contact with the competent authority'.
- Upon request, the preliminary opinion of the aesthetics committee will also be included here.
What do I need?
- drawings of the desired construction or renovation
- details about what the building will look like
- color photographs of how the building and adjacent structures look now
- information about the building materials and colors you want to use
Additional information
Existing and new buildings must comply with reasonable aesthetic requirements . The current aesthetic rules will continue to apply in the temporary part of the environmental plan. In the new part of the environmental plan, the municipality will reassess which rules are desirable.