What is the Extract Planning and Permits Register?
The license register is a computerized database on parcel-bound information regarding spatial planning and urban design on the territory of the city or municipality. The Flemish Spatial Planning Code underlines its importance by stating that every municipality or city must have a permit register.
The license register is a management document that can be viewed and where you can request an extract against payment.
The mayor and aldermen are responsible for the conformity of the permit register with the documents that must be included in it.
The registration does not entail recognition of rights, nor is it a determination of the existence or non-existence of legal consequences. The entries in the permit register must be verifiable on the basis of the underlying documents, decisions, requests, ...
The entry in the registers does not constitute a validity condition for a town planning permit, nor are rights granted by the mention itself. Nor is the mention a disclosure obligation aimed at making a decision enforceable against third parties, opening appeals for interested parties, etc. The listing in the license register does not result in a town planning permit.
On the basis of a registration of a suspicion of being licensed, it can not be concluded that a construction is licensed. The municipalities must conduct a thorough investigation, in particular whether a planning permit has been applied for (register of applications, permits, minutes of the Mayor and Aldermen, recommendations, etc.) before registering in the permit register. In case of doubt about being licensed, no suspicion may be registered.
As soon as a municipality has a plan register and a permit register, it is published in the Belgian Official Statute Book and further information obligations arise.
You will find a model of excerpt from the permit register if you click here.
Which cities or municipalities already have an approved planning and permit register?
A few times a year the list of municipalities is supplemented where there is a special obligation to provide information. Today there remain 52 municipalities in Flanders where there is no special obligation to provide information on the sale or rental of real estate:
Aarschot, Affligem, Arendonk, Baarle-Hertog, Berlaar, Bever, Bonheiden, Brakel, Diest, Drogenbos, Edegem, Gooik, Grimbergen, Grobbendonk, Haacht, Hechtel-Eksel, Herk-de-Stad, Herstappe, Heusden-Zolder, Hoegaarden, Horebeke, Ichtegem, Kapelle-op-den-Bos, Kraainem, Lede, Lint, Maarkedal, Machelen, Meerhout, Messines, Moerbeke, Mortsel, Oostrozebeke, Opglabbeek, Oud-Turnhout, Overijse, Ravels, Rumst, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Sint-Truiden, Spiere-Helkijn, Tienen, Torhout, Veurne, Wemmel, Wezembeek-Oppem, Wijnegem, Willebroek, Zandhoven, Zingem, Zutendaal and Zwalm.
In all other cities or municipalities there is an approved planning and permit register and the obligation to provide the necessary information applies.
Which questions should be answered minimum?
You can request urban development information from the municipality in various ways, depending on whether the municipality already has an approved planning and permit register. The information sheet for property information is one of the instruments that you, as an applicant, can use to obtain the available and necessary information in anticipation of a register.
Where can you request an extract from the planning and permit register?
Requesting an excerpt from the planning and permit register must be done by Urban Planning Services of the City or Municipality where your property is located. We are happy to help you with requesting your extract from the planning and permit register.
The license register is a management document that can be viewed and where you can request an extract against payment.
The mayor and aldermen are responsible for the conformity of the permit register with the documents that must be included in it.
The registration does not entail recognition of rights, nor is it a determination of the existence or non-existence of legal consequences. The entries in the permit register must be verifiable on the basis of the underlying documents, decisions, requests, ...
The entry in the registers does not constitute a validity condition for a town planning permit, nor are rights granted by the mention itself. Nor is the mention a disclosure obligation aimed at making a decision enforceable against third parties, opening appeals for interested parties, etc. The listing in the license register does not result in a town planning permit.
On the basis of a registration of a suspicion of being licensed, it can not be concluded that a construction is licensed. The municipalities must conduct a thorough investigation, in particular whether a planning permit has been applied for (register of applications, permits, minutes of the Mayor and Aldermen, recommendations, etc.) before registering in the permit register. In case of doubt about being licensed, no suspicion may be registered.
As soon as a municipality has a plan register and a permit register, it is published in the Belgian Official Statute Book and further information obligations arise.
You will find a model of excerpt from the permit register if you click here.
Which cities or municipalities already have an approved planning and permit register?
A few times a year the list of municipalities is supplemented where there is a special obligation to provide information. Today there remain 52 municipalities in Flanders where there is no special obligation to provide information on the sale or rental of real estate:
Aarschot, Affligem, Arendonk, Baarle-Hertog, Berlaar, Bever, Bonheiden, Brakel, Diest, Drogenbos, Edegem, Gooik, Grimbergen, Grobbendonk, Haacht, Hechtel-Eksel, Herk-de-Stad, Herstappe, Heusden-Zolder, Hoegaarden, Horebeke, Ichtegem, Kapelle-op-den-Bos, Kraainem, Lede, Lint, Maarkedal, Machelen, Meerhout, Messines, Moerbeke, Mortsel, Oostrozebeke, Opglabbeek, Oud-Turnhout, Overijse, Ravels, Rumst, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Sint-Truiden, Spiere-Helkijn, Tienen, Torhout, Veurne, Wemmel, Wezembeek-Oppem, Wijnegem, Willebroek, Zandhoven, Zingem, Zutendaal and Zwalm.
In all other cities or municipalities there is an approved planning and permit register and the obligation to provide the necessary information applies.
Which questions should be answered minimum?
- Whether or not a town planning permit has been issued for the goods sold.
- According to the planning register, what is the most recent urban development of the goods sold.
- Whether a summons was issued for the sold good.
- Whether or not pre-emption rights apply to the sold good.
- Whether or not the property is located in an approved subdivision.
You can request urban development information from the municipality in various ways, depending on whether the municipality already has an approved planning and permit register. The information sheet for property information is one of the instruments that you, as an applicant, can use to obtain the available and necessary information in anticipation of a register.
Where can you request an extract from the planning and permit register?
Requesting an excerpt from the planning and permit register must be done by Urban Planning Services of the City or Municipality where your property is located. We are happy to help you with requesting your extract from the planning and permit register.