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Planning permission

Just like private citizens, businesses need planning permission to build, convert, renovate or demolish a building.

To find out whether you need planning permission, contact your commune’s planning service and/or the Direction de l'Urbanisme of urban.brussels. For more information, visit Opens in new windowwww.urbanisme.irisnet.be. (FR/NL).

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Changing the designated use

Changes to designated use are not subject to planning permission if they are included in the list drawn up by the Brussels Government. Most commonly, commercial premises are turned into a restaurant, snack bar, bar or nightclub, video store, launderette, service station or car showroom.

Using part of a house as a home office

Some work is so minor that it does not require planning permission. This is certainly the case when part of a house is used by a self-employed person for work purposes, provided that the floor space used for this activity is no more than 75 sq m and the activity is secondary to the main residence of the person in question.

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