Environment and Planning Act.

Subject

Environment gen., Land & soil, Sea, Water

Keyword

Framework law Institution Environmental planning EIA Authorization/permit Pollution control Soil pollution/quality Marine pollution Environmental standards Subsidy/incentive Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Offences/penalties Cultural heritage Protection of environment Policy/planning Standards Land-use planning Freshwater pollution Sustainable development Sustainable use Ecosystem preservation

Geographical area

Benelux, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe

Entry into force notes

The Environmental Act will come into effect on January 1, 2024.

Abstract

This Act reforms environmental law with special emphasis on planning. It seeks to modernise, harmonise and simplify current rules on land use planning, environmental protection, nature conservation, construction of buildings, protection of cultural heritage, water management, urban and rural redevelopment, development of major public and private works and mining and earth removal and integrate these rules into one legal framework. Sustainable development is the key objective of the Act. It provides better means of integrated policy, greater usability and substantial simplification of environmental law. The Act introduces a new system creating a policy cycle in which continuous care for quality of the physical environment forms the focus and which creates scope for development. With this Act and the associated implementation regulations, the government aims to achieve four improvement goals: improving the transparency, predictability and ease of use of environmental law; achieving a coherent approach towards the physical environment in policy, decision-making and regulations; more administrative discretion by means of an active and flexible approach in order to achieve objectives for the physical living environment; improving and speeding up the decision-making with regard to projects in the physical environment.

Full text

Dutch

Website

www.government.nl; www.rudutrecht.nl

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Environmental Planning Regulations.

Legislation | Netherlands | 2019 (2023)

Keyword: Institution, Environmental planning, Subsidy/incentive, Authorization/permit, Pollution control, Soil pollution/quality, Marine pollution, Environmental standards, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Offences/penalties, Cultural heritage, Data collection/reporting, Monitoring, Enforcement/compliance, Protection of environment, Policy/planning, Standards, Land-use planning, Marine area, Freshwater pollution, Sustainable development, Sustainable use, Ecosystem preservation, Biodiversity, Hunting authorization/permit, Hunting/capture, Trade in species, Wild fauna, Wild flora, Protection of habitats, Endangered species, Alien species, Protection of species

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Environmental Decree.

Legislation | Netherlands | 2018 (2023)

Keyword: Institution, Environmental planning, Subsidy/incentive, Authorization/permit, Pollution control, Soil pollution/quality, EIA, Environmental standards, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Offences/penalties, Cultural heritage, Data collection/reporting, Monitoring, Enforcement/compliance, Protection of environment, Policy/planning, Standards, Land-use planning, Marine area, Marine pollution, Freshwater pollution, Sustainable development, Sustainable use, Ecosystem preservation, Waterworks, Biodiversity, Hunting authorization/permit, Hunting/capture, Trade in species, Wild fauna, Wild flora, Protection of habitats, Endangered species, Protection of species

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree no. BWBR0045037, containing rules on electronic publication of general announcements, notices and notifications (Electronic Publications Decree).

Legislation | Netherlands | 2021

Keyword: Access-to-information, Data collection/reporting, Governance, Standards

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Collective Environmental Act, 2023.

Legislation | Netherlands | 2023

Keyword: Energy conservation/energy production, Natural gas, Protection of environment, Environmental planning, Institution, Authorization/permit, Noise pollution, Policy/planning, Potable water, Poultry products, Land tenure, Ownership, Mining, Effluent waste water/discharge, Governance, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Protected area, Protection of habitats, Alien species

Source: FAO, FAOLEX