Planning permission
Community tracking of planning permission applications.
Real cases and timelines: Planning permission
Explore shared cases, application steps and applicant experiences. Processing times observed in these cases are not official processing times.
What is your situation?
New construction
Construction of a new building.
Extension
Extension of an existing building.
Renovation
Renovation work requiring a permit.
Change of use
Change of the use of a building.
Regularisation
Application to regularise a planning situation.
Solar installation
Installation requiring planning permission.
Frequently asked questions
Where can I find experiences and cases for “Planning permission”?
Choose a variant of this procedure to explore cases and experiences shared by applicants in that situation. You can also share your own timeline and keep it up to date.
How long does “Planning permission” take in Belgium?
Observed average duration: 5 months and 6 days. This result is based on 37 cases with usable durations in the statistics shown. This average applies to the overall procedure, across all variants. The duration is measured between the “Application submitted” and “Decision received” steps. These community observations are not official processing times and do not predict the duration of another case.
What are the steps for “Planning permission”?
The catalog lists the following steps in their configured order:
- Application submitted
- Case declared complete
- Public inquiry started
- Additional information requested
- Decision received
A case may include only some of these steps or follow a different timeline. This list does not mean that every step is mandatory.