Disadvantage compensation
Disadvantage compensation is about compensating damage as a result of a government decision. A decision by the municipality can lead to damage for you or your company.
Examples of decisions or activities that could cause you to suffer damage are:
- The execution of road works that temporarily make your company inaccessible or less accessible.
- A traffic decision that means a road may no longer be used by car traffic.
- Granting an event permit, which means your company is temporarily less accessible.
- A change to the environmental plan, which limits the use of your land.
- Granting an environmental permit, which allows more construction or a different function to be implemented on someone else's land near your home.
According to the Environmental Act, in some cases damage only occurs if the environmental permit for the activity has been granted. The latter does not apply if the damage is caused by the establishment of an environmental plan based on the Spatial Planning Act.