Converting a building or home to accommodate multiple households (house division or rooming) is only allowed under strict conditions.
What do you need to know
House division or roomization
- In Hilversum, house division is defined as: adding a house/multiple houses to an existing house or an existing building in which people may live.
- In Hilversum, roomization is defined as: the conversion of an existing home into non-independent living spaces (room occupancy / room-by-room rental).
- If you, as the main resident, share your home with someone who does not belong to your own household. For example, a student who lives with someone (living with a landlady). You do not need an environmental permit, unless you rent out more than 25% of the living space. Informal caregivers are allowed to rent more than 25% of the living space without a permit
- Throughout Hilversum, the use and renovation of buildings or homes for house division or room division is prohibited. Sometimes you can deviate from this ban with an environmental permit
- You must then meet strict conditions. These are in the environmental plan section on house division and roomization in combination with associated policies
- The policy rules contain a number of areas included where house division and roomification are in any case excluded. In those cases there is no point in investigating the further conditions
- If you think that you can meet the other conditions stated in the policy rules, it is wise to have it investigated in advance whether the permit can be issued. This can be done by requesting one feasibility study. You will then know whether the municipality can cooperate with the plan
- Before you decide to work out a plan in its entirety, you can have a preliminary investigation done
- You will then know whether the municipality can participate in the plan
- On average it takes 8 weeks before you receive an answer
What do you have to do
- U examines the feasibility of your plans
- You apply for an environmental permit via the Environment counter† You need your DigiD or eHerkenning for this
- Or you make the request in writing. In the Environment counter start the application and answer the questions. You can download, print and send the digital application form to the municipality by post. Send the completed application form with all requested documents to:
Municipality of Hilversum
Department, Safety, Permits and Administrative Affairs, Permits team
Postbus 9900
1201 GM Hilversum
After your request
- After your request you will receive a confirmation email
- We will only process your application once you have submitted all documents and data
- We will process your request within 8 weeks. The municipality may extend this period once by a maximum of 1 weeks
- If your application is not complete, the municipality will send you an email to request the missing information. The time you get for this does not count in the treatment period of 8 weeks
- You will receive the decision by email. The decision will also be published on government.nl
6 weeks of objection
- You and other people affected by the decision (interested parties) will have 6 weeks after the decision has been sent to object.
- As an applicant, you will be notified if there is an objection
- The day after you have received the permit, you may start the activities at your own risk as long as they are reversible. You may be required to revert the changes at your own expense if an appeal is accepted
Contact
For questions, please call 14 035 or contact us via the contact form.
What does it cost
- The costs vary per request and number of activities
- Additional costs may apply
- You will find information about the cost structure or the costs per activity in the Fee ordinance
- You also pay fees if:
- the permit is refused
- the application will not be processed
- you withdraw the application
