Environmental vision requirements

The new environmental vision must Omgevingswet various requirements Omgevingswet the Omgevingswet :
One of these requirements is that each municipality must draw up its environmental vision in consultation with 'stakeholders' (participation requirement). These stakeholders are, of course, the residents, but they can also be neighboring municipalities and other authorities.

Another requirement is that the environmental vision must include a description of:

• the outlines of the quality of the living environment;
• the outline of the proposed development, use, management, protection and preservation of the Aalten territory;
• the main points of the integral policy to be pursued for the living environment.

Yet another requirement is that the environmental vision must be an "integrated" vision, meaning that it must include all aspects and perspectives that play a role in, or are affected by, the living environment (such as health and safety depend in part on the quality of the living environment and how it is arranged).

Also, the environmental vision must be a "coherent" vision. So not a hotchpotch of all sorts of different policies that are not aligned, but a logical, coherent whole.

Finally, the environmental vision must be tailored as much as possible to the different areas and types of areas that a municipality has, such as residential areas, shopping areas, industrial areas, agricultural areas, nature areas, and recreational areas. In other words, it must be customized. That is why Aalten has opted for an area-specific approach, because no two areas are the same.

More information about the Omgevingswet found on the website wetten.overheid.nl.