Placing (construction) object on the street

You want to temporarily place an object on the sidewalk or in the road. For example, a container, portable toilet, billboard, building materials, scaffolding, or fence. You must report the incident or apply for a permit. You will need to pay for this.

What do you need to know

  • Notification: If the object you want to place is less than 6m2 in total and/or has been available for less than 31 days
  • Permit: if the object you want to place is larger than 6m2 in total and/or has been there for more than 31 days
  • Do you need permission for longer? Then you must submit a new application 4 weeks before the expiry date of the issued permit
  • Processing applications takes between 5 working days and 4 weeks. This depends on how complicated your application is. Therefore, make the application on time
  • You place as much as possible on your own terrain
  • If you want to place a vehicle with a load that is longer than 6 meters or higher than 2,40 meters, you have a tpermission (exemption) required to park
  • If you place an object on a parking equipment spot, you need an exemption from the Parking Regulations

No permission

You do not get permission:

  • If dangerous traffic situations arise, for example if you want to place the object within 5 meters of a bend
  • If you want to place the object in a disabled parking space or parking space for permit holders
  • If you want to place the object on the prohibited roadway
  • If you want to place the object on a playground, sandbox or playing field
  • If the emergency and emergency services cannot pass
  • If the object damages the road
  • If the object is an obstacle to road maintenance
  • If the object causes nuisance, waste or damage to nature
  • If you want to place the object in a public green space, unless you have special permission from the municipality

What do you have to do

Submit

  • Please enclose a clear situation sketch with your application. You make the sketch on a clear map (e.g. Google Maps) which includes streets, buildings, sidewalks and parking spaces
  • Indicate on the sketch:
    • where the object is located
    • the size of the object
    • the scale of the situation sketch
  • Submit all documents and data. Only then will we process your request

After your request

  • Notification: you will receive a response from the municipality within an average of 5 working days
  • Permit: The municipality will process your application within 10 business days on average. Processing complex applications (e.g., construction site planning) takes an average of 8 weeks. Therefore, submit your application on time.

What does it cost

  • Notification: the costs depend on the type of object, the size and how long the object has been on the street
  • Permit: you pay €68,75 application fee (levies) plus costs that depend on the type of object, its size and how long the object has been on the street
  • If you place an object in a paid parking space, you pay €10,25 extra per day, per parking space for the exemption from the parking regulations.

containers

  • Per m2, per day: €0,80 in municipal taxes
  • Per m2, per week: € 2,35 precario costs
  • Per m2, per month: €6,70 in property costs
  • Per m2, per year: €83,10 in property costs

Companies can submit a notification for a whole year for the placement of at least 24 containers, up to 6 m2.

  • €2704,30 in municipal taxes per year

building material

Think of: scaffolding, canteen, dixi, pallets with stones.

  • Per m2, per month: €10,55 in property costs
  • Per m2, per quarter: €25,00 in property costs
  • Per m2, per year: €104,75 in property costs