It is best to determine as early as possible whether an archaeological survey is required. Archaeologists will use the information you provide for an environmental permit (location, area and depth of all excavation works) to determine whether an archaeological survey or preliminary archaeological survey is required. Information regarding the foundations or basements of buildings due for demolition is also important. We will contact you if necessary.
If you already have all the relevant information (location, area, depth, and whether there are any foundations or a basement), you can also contact us before submitting a planning application via archeologie@apeldoorn.nl or telephone number 14 055.
To assess for yourself whether archaeological investigation is required under our policy, please refer to the Archaeological Policy Map 2024 (PDF, 1.3 MB). It also contains an informative flowchart (pdf, 63 kB). You can also download the municipal viewer view, where you can search by address.
If it transpires that an archaeological survey is required, please contact us via archeologie@apeldoorn.nl or call 14 055. An archaeologist from the local authority will then determine whether an investigation is actually necessary. For example, an investigation may already have been carried out. The archaeologist will also determine what type of investigation would be best for you to have carried out.
The processing time for all stages (see Additional information, Types of investigation) is approximately 10 weeks.
The law stipulates that the party disturbing the land must pay for the archaeological investigation. As the licence applicant, you are responsible for these costs. However, the costs must be proportionate to the (financial) scale of your project. In the event of excessive costs, the local authority has a archaeological emergency fund. You are eligible for this if the costs of an archaeological excavation (archaeological supervision, trial trenching or full-scale excavation) exceed 1% of the construction costs.
For further information on this, please contact us via archeologie@apeldoorn.nl or telephone number 14 055.
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If, as the applicant, you do not submit the archaeological data referred to under ‘Application’, the local authority may decide not to process your application.
- Only certified organisations are permitted to carry out archaeological investigations. The website of the Foundation for Quality Assurance in Soil Management (SIKB) provides a overview.
Types of research
Archaeological research takes many forms. The research carried out for the planning permission application often consists of the following steps:
- You will be informed by the local authority that you have a specialist agency (SIKB website) must commission a desk-based study accompanied by exploratory drilling.
- Once the work has been carried out, you must submit the report to the Omgevingsloket for assessment
- Once the report has been approved, the local authority will decide whether a follow-up investigation is necessary
- If a follow-up study is required, you will need to have a Statement of Requirements (SoR) drawn up
- Once the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been approved, the local authority will usually grant the planning permission on condition that you carry out the follow-up investigation in accordance with the EIA and prior to any excavation work.
Whether you need to commission an archaeological survey depends on the location and scale of your project.
Location
The likelihood of finding archaeological remains varies from area to area. For example, some places were once more attractive places to live than others. Taking into account the likelihood of finding archaeological remains and other factors, we have divided the entire municipality into zones. Each zone is assigned a different category, ranging from 0 to 6, with a different policy (see Archaeological Policy Map 2024 (PDF, 1.3 MB)). This policy sets out the types of excavation work for which an archaeological survey is required.
For example, in categories 2, 3, 4 and 5, archaeological investigations are required for excavation work deeper than 35 cm covering areas of more than 50, 100, 500 and 2,500 m² respectively. Category 1 comprises protected archaeological monuments, where no excavation is permitted. In category 6, archaeological investigation is never required. Category 0 covers bespoke sites. These are areas where some form of archaeological survey has already been carried out; the likelihood of archaeological remains being present here, and any need for further investigation, is determined on the basis of the results of the survey already carried out. Please contact the council’s archaeologists for this (archeologie@apeldoorn.nl or telephone number 14 055). In the municipal viewer, you can look up the category for an address on the policy map.
Scope
In terms of scale, the area and depth of the excavation work are important factors. A different exemption threshold applies in each policy category.
Old and new regulations
The policy described here was adopted in May 2024. Your local planning scheme may still contain the old rules. Where the new rules are more flexible, you may apply them.