What do you need to know
- The municipality will automatically have an environmental plan on January 1, 2024: it is called an environmental plan by operation of lawThis Environmental Plan is a temporary section. The municipality will gradually transform this section into a complete Environmental Plan, which will be completed by 2032 at the latest.
- The Hilversum Municipal Environmental Plan is the successor to (among others) zoning plans
- In the coming years, a large number of rules from regulations, including part of the General Local Regulation (APV), will be included in the Environmental Plan
- The Environmental Plan describes how and where construction is permitted, but also health and all kinds of environmental topics are described in the Environmental Plan
- In the Environmental Plan, the municipality can choose whether or not to set rules, but it can also determine whether a permit is required for something or whether a notification obligation applies
- The rules from the Hilversum Municipal Environmental Plan can be viewed via the Environmental Desk. You can then search on a map and see which rules apply per location. In the An animated film will explain you about the Environment Desk.
Amendment of environmental plan in procedure
The Hilversum Municipal Environmental Plan may not be adequate or sufficiently up-to-date. If this is the case, the plan must be amended. Amendments to the plan are made through a statutory process. This is called a procedure. Once the draft decision is finalized, it is issued. announced and made available for inspection so that comments (a response) can be submitted. The draft decision can be found at government.nl and on milieuloket.nl.
Current changes in procedure
Draft amendment to the 'Hilversum Municipal Environmental Plan' for the Sports Park area
The mayor and aldermen of Hilversum have private to initiate the procedure to amend the 'Hilversum Municipal Environmental Plan' for the Sportpark area. On 22 Januari 2026 It has been announced that the draft of this amendment is available for inspection. The draft policy rules 'Sports Park Image Quality Plan' are available for inspection.
Area of the change
The Sportpark area is located in the southeast of Hilversum, roughly between Soestdijkerstraatweg, Oostereind, Diependaalselaan, and the railway line. The draft amendment and the draft policy rules pertain to this area.
Public inspection
The draft amendment to the 'Hilversum Municipal Environmental Plan' can be consulted digitally via this page of the website Rules-on-the-map . For 6 weeks (from January 23, 2026 to March 5), you can find out more about this. points of view be submitted.
Submit plan
- If you are preparing a concrete plan, you can apply for an environmental permit. We call this an environmental plan activity (OPA)
- If the application does not fit within the environmental plan, you can also apply for an environmental permit to deviate from the Hilversum Municipal Environmental Plan. This is a extra-plan environmental plan activity (BOPA)
Deviating from the environmental plan
Deviating from an environmental plan is different from deviating from a zoning plan.
With a permit for one extra-plan environmental plan activity (BOPA) Deviations from the rules included in the Hilversum Municipal Environmental Plan are permitted. This applies to both minor and major deviations. For larger development sites, such as those for residential construction, the environmental plan itself is often amended. In the case of major deviations, a resident or business owner must decide how they intend to deviate from the environmental plan.
Advisory right of the council
Under the Environmental Act, the council is authorized to grant environmental permits for activities that fit within the environmental plan, but also for cases that do not fit within the environmental plan (the extra-plan environmental plan activity). For the extra-plan environmental plan activity, the municipal council has designated cases in which a binding advice from the council is required to deviate from the environmental plan. In the decision of the council on its advisory rights The cases in which the municipal council has advisory rights are listed.
Contact
For information and questions, please contact 14 035.
