What do you need to know
- For complicated or larger plans, the municipality recommends testing the feasibility
- Submitting your plans to the municipality to test their feasibility is not mandatory
- The feasibility study gives you insight into whether your plan/initiative is desirable and/or feasible and prevents unnecessary costs
- If you are not yet ready to submit a complete permit application, you can investigate the feasibility of your plan in 2 ways:
- A request for preliminary investigation
- Exploring your idea (custom initiative)
Are you unsure which method of research best suits your plan? Then you can always contact the municipality in advance. You will find contact details at the bottom of this page.
A request for preliminary investigation
You submit a detailed schematic plan. This plan has:
- Sketch drawings of floor plans and facade elevations
- The program with the surface area and how you intend to use this space
- An explanation of your plan
When conducting preliminary investigations, you should consider, for example, smaller structures such as dormer windows, extensions, or a specific change in the use of an existing building. The municipality examines whether your plan complies with the environmental plan and whether the municipality is willing to deviate from it if necessary.
If your plan complies with the environmental plan or we are prepared to deviate from it, your plan will be tested the Spatial Quality and Monuments Committee (CRK&M) to the welfare bill. If you wish, you can attend the committee meeting. A preliminary investigation is only tested once against the environmental plan and discussed once in the CRK+M. This concerns a spatial test (not a technical one). You cannot make changes to the plan during treatment; you must request a new preliminary investigation. We try to give you written final advice within 8 weeks. A final advice is not a decision as referred to in the General Administrative Law Act. Therefore, you cannot derive any rights from this and you cannot object to it. You can choose to apply for a subsequent preliminary investigation or an official permit.
Exploring your idea (custom initiative)
You must submit an indicative or alternative idea for this. The idea includes:
- A description of your plan
- An investigation into the possibilities of the location (and alternatives)
- Sketch drawings if possible
When exploring ideas, you should think about larger developments. The first step in the treatment is for the municipality to discuss your idea internally. Advisors from various fields are present. They provide initial draft advice on your idea. That will be shared with you.
If your initiative is not feasible, you will be told immediately. If the municipality sees opportunities to further develop your idea, an exploratory table will be organized. You can be present there to discuss your (adapted) idea with us. If there is support for your plans, they will be discussed during an environmental table with all advisors, you and stakeholders from the neighborhood.
You will receive written advice from the municipality in the form of an interim or final message. A final message is not permission or permit. Based on this message you can choose whether to apply for an official permit.
To investigate the feasibility, you can choose which of these two processes you want to go through and we will work together to develop and test your plan. This way we ensure that the processing of your possible permit application will be easier and smoother later. You must apply for this yourself.
What do you have to do
- You can request a request for preliminary investigation via preliminary investigation form. You send your attachments (maximum 10 MB)
- You can submit your request to explore an idea (custom initiative) via the form Explore idea - start customization initiative. You send your attachments (maximum 10 MB)
What does it cost
- We charge costs for handling a feasibility study
- The costs differ per type of feasibility study
- For preliminary investigation: 0,15% fees of the contract price with a minimum of € 275 and a maximum of € 5.000; for follow-up research at least € 1.000
- For tailor-made initiatives: €300 for the intake round and €800 per consultation for subsequent consultations
- You will find all current costs in the Fees regulation (from article 2.2), if you search for 'preliminary research' or 'custom initiative'
- You also pay these costs if you stop the request. These costs will not be deducted from a new application
Involve the neighborhood (participation)
- It is wise to involve the surrounding area, i.e. neighbors and other stakeholders, in your plans at an early stage. This is called participation. This often prevents objections from being submitted at a later stage
- For example, it may concern residents who want to place a dormer window, but also companies that want to build a new residential area
- When applying for the permit, you indicate whether you have participated and what the results are
- Download the manual Involve the neighborhood (pdf, 256 kb) for more information and advice
Contact
- You can ask questions about the living environment, the Environmental Act and the Environment Desk to the Living Environment Information Point. Or you can contact the Public Affairs department, Back Office team, via 14 035 or environment permit@hilversum.nl