13.06 · Practice Domain

Soil, Water, Nature & Protection of the Living Environment

When regulation and decision-making concerning soil quality, water management, nature and ecological protection is decisive for a project, location or legal position, the legal framework must be incorporated at an early stage of decision-making. You receive an environmental and planning-law approach focused on the regulatory framework, permissions, interests, evidence and a legally and factually substantiated approach to vulnerable aspects of the physical environment.

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Legal-strategic perspective

Soil, Water, Nature & Protection of the Living Environment focuses on regulation and decision-making concerning soil quality, water management, nature and ecological protection. Decision-making under environmental and planning law rarely follows from one rule or one permit alone; location, planning scope, studies, public interests, the ownership position and implementation conditions are continually interconnected. Soil quality and contamination, Remediation and soil-related activities and Water permits and water activities are therefore considered from the outset within the applicable framework of the Dutch Environment and Planning Act and related legislation. Van Leeuwen Law Firm identifies which permissions and studies are necessary, which administrative bodies have authority and where decisions may be legally vulnerable.

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10 key subthemes

These ten themes are the substantive anchors for legal analysis, governance, decision-making, execution and assurance.

  1. 01Soil quality and contamination
  2. 02Remediation and soil-related activities
  3. 03Water permits and water activities
  4. 04Water authority rules
  5. 05Groundwater and water availability
  6. 06Natura 2000 sites
  7. 07Species protection
  8. 08Nitrogen deposition and appropriate assessment
  9. 09Ecological surveys
  10. 10Enforcement and remediation of environmental damage
Strategic depth

From substantive anchors to governable choices

The four blocks below connect the ten page-specific subthemes with materiality, decision-making, governance, execution and the evidential position your organisation may later need to defend.

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Soil quality and remediation

Soil quality and contaminationRemediation and soil-related activitiesWater permits and water activities

Within Soil, Water, Nature & Protection of the Living Environment, Soil quality and contamination, Remediation and soil-related activities and Water permits and water activities are interconnected with the legal framework governing the physical environment and the decision-making that enables, limits or prevents an initiative. Van Leeuwen Law Firm assesses the applicable regulatory framework, the necessary studies and permissions, the position of interested parties, the quality of the reasons given and the interaction between public-law and private-law instruments. Procedural stages are identified at an early point, so that participation, representations, objections, appeals, enforcement proceedings or applications for interim relief do not arise only once opportunities for decision-making have been lost. The approach aims at legally sustainable development or, where necessary, effective protection against a decision or enforcement measure.

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Water-related activities and governance

Water authority rulesGroundwater and water availabilityNatura 2000 sites

Within Soil, Water, Nature & Protection of the Living Environment, Water authority rules, Groundwater and water availability and Natura 2000 sites are interconnected with the legal framework governing the physical environment and the decision-making that enables, limits or prevents an initiative. Van Leeuwen Law Firm assesses the applicable regulatory framework, the necessary studies and permissions, the position of interested parties, the quality of the reasons given and the interaction between public-law and private-law instruments. Procedural stages are identified at an early point, so that participation, representations, objections, appeals, enforcement proceedings or applications for interim relief do not arise only once opportunities for decision-making have been lost. The approach aims at legally sustainable development or, where necessary, effective protection against a decision or enforcement measure.

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Nature protection, species and nitrogen

Species protectionNitrogen deposition and appropriate assessment

Within Soil, Water, Nature & Protection of the Living Environment, Species protection and Nitrogen deposition and appropriate assessment are interconnected with the legal framework governing the physical environment and the decision-making that enables, limits or prevents an initiative. Van Leeuwen Law Firm assesses the applicable regulatory framework, the necessary studies and permissions, the position of interested parties, the quality of the reasons given and the interaction between public-law and private-law instruments. Procedural stages are identified at an early point, so that participation, representations, objections, appeals, enforcement proceedings or applications for interim relief do not arise only once opportunities for decision-making have been lost. The approach aims at legally sustainable development or, where necessary, effective protection against a decision or enforcement measure.

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Environmental studies, enforcement and restoration

Ecological surveysEnforcement and remediation of environmental damage

Within Soil, Water, Nature & Protection of the Living Environment, Ecological surveys and Enforcement and remediation of environmental damage are interconnected with the legal framework governing the physical environment and the decision-making that enables, limits or prevents an initiative. Van Leeuwen Law Firm assesses the applicable regulatory framework, the necessary studies and permissions, the position of interested parties, the quality of the reasons given and the interaction between public-law and private-law instruments. Procedural stages are identified at an early point, so that participation, representations, objections, appeals, enforcement proceedings or applications for interim relief do not arise only once opportunities for decision-making have been lost. The approach aims at legally sustainable development or, where necessary, effective protection against a decision or enforcement measure.

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