Can you demolish a building on the heritage inventory?
As a rule, a protected monument cannot be demolished. For a building in the established inventory of architectural heritage, demolition always requires a permit, even where it would normally be exempt, and the permitting authority must weigh up its heritage value. If the building is only in the inventory, that is for information only.
Types of heritage
- Protected monument: a building protected in its own right; demolition and major renovation require authorisation.
- Protected townscape: an area protected as a whole; new buildings must fit in.
- Established inventory: not a form of protection, but demolition always requires a permit and the heritage value is taken into account.
- Inventory (not established): a description of the heritage, with no legal effect.
- Archaeological zone: earthworks may require an archaeology report (archeologienota), depending on the area of the plot and the scale of the works.
Demolish anyway?
For established heritage, the assessment guideline requires you to show that the heritage value has been lost, or that a structural report demonstrates that repair would damage the heritage value or amount to rebuilding the vast majority of the building.
What the Perceelscan shows
The status of the building and of the plot, with a link to its record in the Onroerend Erfgoed inventory. If the source did not respond, the report says ‘source unreachable’, not ‘not found’.
Sources
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