13.03 · Practice Domain

Environmental Permits, Exemptions & Other Authorisations

When the obtaining, amendment, refusal or revocation of authorisations for activities affecting the physical environment 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 predictable permitting strategy based on a complete application, the correct studies and effective legal protection.

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Legal-strategic perspective

Environmental Permits, Exemptions & Other Authorisations focuses on the obtaining, amendment, refusal or revocation of authorisations for activities affecting the physical environment. 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. Environmental permit for construction, Activity departing from the environmental plan (BOPA) and Environmentally harmful activity 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. 01Environmental permit for construction
  2. 02Activity departing from the environmental plan (BOPA)
  3. 03Environmentally harmful activity
  4. 04Natura 2000 activity
  5. 05Water activity
  6. 06Tree-felling and other local permissions
  7. 07Application requirements and supporting studies
  8. 08Permit conditions and restrictions
  9. 09Refusal, amendment and revocation
  10. 10Objection, appeal and interim relief
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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Construction and planning permission

Environmental permit for constructionActivity departing from the environmental plan (BOPA)Environmentally harmful activity

Within Environmental Permits, Exemptions & Other Authorisations, Environmental permit for construction, Activity departing from the environmental plan (BOPA) and Environmentally harmful activity 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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Environment, nature and water

Natura 2000 activityWater activityTree-felling and other local permissions

Within Environmental Permits, Exemptions & Other Authorisations, Natura 2000 activity, Water activity and Tree-felling and other local permissions 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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Application, technical studies and conditions

Application requirements and supporting studiesPermit conditions and restrictions

Within Environmental Permits, Exemptions & Other Authorisations, Application requirements and supporting studies and Permit conditions and restrictions 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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Refusal, revocation and legal remedies

Refusal, amendment and revocationObjection, appeal and interim relief

Within Environmental Permits, Exemptions & Other Authorisations, Refusal, amendment and revocation and Objection, appeal and interim relief 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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