News - Spatial planning and nature

1. Drinking water savings making slow progress

   The Netherlands Court of Audit concludes in a publication released today, Drinking water under pressure, that achievement of the ...

   News item | 13-05-2025 | 22:00

2. Government heat network policy at odds with domestic heat pump grants

   Construction of new heat networks faltering in residential districts  The number of people in the Netherlands installing a heat ...

   News item | 04-02-2025 | 16:00

3. Sustainable dairy farms in the Netherlands awarded higher grants

   Under the EU eco-scheme, dairy farmers in the Netherlands who do more for the climate, nature and the environment receive higher ...

   News item | 27-06-2024 | 15:00

4. Broader approach needed to safety behind the dykes

   Minister of I&W must look beyond 2050 To make real work of the policy to protect the Netherlands from flooding, the Minister of ...

   News item | 12-10-2023 | 16:00

5. Netherlands learns little from disputes with EU

   Netherlands average member state for correct implementation of EU law As a member of the European Union, the Netherlands usually ...

   News item | 15-06-2023 | 11:00

6. No large-scale logging, but also no national insight into results of forest management

   Uncertain whether forest management will achieve intended results  The image that has emerged in recent years that ...

   News item | 06-12-2022 | 07:00

7. EU grants make a difference, but do not necessarily meet the greatest challenges

   More than €7 billion spent in 7 years: recipients satisfied The Netherlands spent more than €7.4 billion in EU grants in ...

   News item | 18-10-2022 | 06:30

8. Rules to prevent manure pollution are the cause of the problem rather than the solution

   Changes in laws and regulations have not helped reduce manure pollution. On the contrary, the accumulation of rules seems to be ...

   News item | 20-06-2019 | 16:30

9. Unsubsidised wind farms unlikely in the near future, despite sharp fall in costs

   The cost of offshore wind energy is projected to fall spectacularly. Unsubsidised offshore wind farms, however, are unlikely in ...

   News item | 27-09-2018 | 00:00

10. Consideration of water quality in I&M budget

    In a letter to the House of Representatives of 15 October 2014, the Court of Audit commented on a number of matters in the 2015 ...

    News item | 15-10-2014 | 10:39