Last year, the Brussels Capital Region approved a major reform
of the Brussels Code of Spatial Planning (BWRO). A limited number
of reforms (in particular those relating to planning) immediately
entered into force on 30 April 2018 (for these reforms we refer to
our Newsflash of 2 May 2018). The second set of reforms were
supposed to enter into force on 20 April 2019. Only certain
amendments entered into force on that date. Indeed, due to the lack
of executing decrees, the implementation of the reforms relating to
permitting was postponed until 1 September 2019.
As from 1 September 2019, you will have to take into account the
following procedural changes for a development project in the
Brussels-Capital Region:
