Permits and exemptions

Serving alcohol during event

Do you want to sell alcohol at an event? Then you must apply for an exemption.

The municipality can investigate companies applying for permits. This way we can prevent licenses from being issued to criminal organizations.

You need an environmental permit if the tree is monumental or in a protected area.

Do you want to raise money or items for a charity? If so, you must apply for a permit.

Are you organizing an event? If so, you need a permit.

You may not cause noise pollution. Do you want to do this anyway? Then you must apply for a noise nuisance exemption.

A liquor or hospitality business requires permits. If you take over a business, you must reapply for them.

You need a Pipeline Permit to construct, modify, move or remove cables, pipes and structures above and below ground.

With a registration in the Chamber of Commerce, you can apply for a permit for a place in the daily and/or weekly market.

If you are going to remodel or demolish, you usually need an environmental permit.

This permit allows you to turn a home into an office, for example, if it goes against the environmental plan.

Do you live or work in a blue-zone area? If so, you can apply for an exemption.

Do you live or work in a paid-parking area? Under certain conditions, you can apply for a parking permit.

If you want to place advertising on or attached to a building, you must apply for an environmental permit.

Do you want to use lamppost advertising? Then you can apply to the municipality for this.

Games of chance allow players to win a prize, where they cannot influence the outcome of the game. In some cases, a license is required.

To divide a residential complex into individual apartment rights, you always need a Division Permit.

Do you want to sell items or food from a stall or sales truck? Then you need a pitch permit.

For making music, dance, drama on the street, you need an exemption in some cases.

To place a terrace at a catering establishment, you must file a notification.

No peddling permits are required for peddling in Zoetermeer. However, permits are required for stalls and collections.

Sometimes you need a traffic waiver if you want to do something on or to the public road.