Have a construction drawing made in Nijmegen

Permit-ready drawings for Nijmegen and surroundings

Nijmegen telt circa 87.800 woningen (2025) met een gemiddelde WOZ-waarde van 387.000 euro. Een bouwtekening laten maken in Nijmegen kost bij Tekenpunt vanaf €445. We leveren vergunbare bouwtekeningen, omgevingsvergunningen en constructieberekeningen door heel Nijmegen en de regio Arnhem-Nijmegen, meestal binnen 0-3 weken (spoed 0-2 weken), en 90% gaat in één keer door de welstandstoets.

Whether you live in Nijmegen or elsewhere in the Arnhem-Nijmegen region: we handle the complete process from sketch to permit. Construction drawings, building permits, structural calculations and 3D visualisations, with a fixed price agreed upfront.

We carry out the drawing work digitally and remotely and submit the application to the municipality of Nijmegen. We know the local aesthetic review and planning rules, so your plan passes the review first time. Where needed, our KIWA-certified structural engineer handles the calculation.

Renovating in Nijmegen

Apartments are the most common housing type at 48% of the stock, followed by terraced houses (33%). The rental market dominates with 56% rental homes, of which 38% owned by housing corporations. A striking feature of Nijmegen is the nationally protected cityscape status of the 19th-century urban expansion and the Benedenstad: closed building blocks with rows of brick facades, deep stoops and green canal zones define the picture in the 19th-century neighborhoods. Outside the ring structure lie post-war expansion districts such as Dukenburg and Lindenholt with predominantly walk-up and gallery flats and ground-level social rental homes from the 1960s to 1980s. This determines which renovations are common in Nijmegen and how best to set up an application.

Common renovations in Nijmegen

Whether it concerns a dormer, a extension, a roof extension or the converting the loft: for each type we supply a permit-ready construction drawing that suits the homes in Nijmegen and the requirements of the municipality. Are you unsure whether your renovation is permit-required? In our knowledge base read what is permit-free.

Aesthetic review in Nijmegen

The Advisory Committee for Environmental Quality meets weekly (every Thursday) and advises on both regular building permits and applications relating to monuments or heritage objects. Nijmegen has two nationally protected townscapes: the Benedenstad and the 19th-century urban expansion (designated on 11 December 2013), for which stricter image quality requirements apply. For larger area developments, the municipality draws up supplementary image quality plans as an area-specific framework alongside the aesthetic review policy. We check those requirements upfront, so that 90% of our designs pass the aesthetic review first time.

How your application works in Nijmegen

Your application in Nijmegen follows a fixed set of steps: a free intake, the design with an aesthetic review check in advance, a structural calculation by our KIWA-certified structural engineer where needed, and then we submit the building permit to the municipality of Nijmegen. The drawing work is done digitally and remotely, and you follow every step in your own online file, from quote to completion. Whether you live in Nijmegen or elsewhere in the regio Arnhem-Nijmegen, you pay the same fixed price upfront.

Do you need a permit in Nijmegen?

Since the Environment and Planning Act came into force (1 January 2024), you apply for an environmental permit (planning permission) through the Environment Desk. Some renovations are permit-free, others require a permit. We carry out the permit check upfront so you know exactly where you stand.

Whether you can build without a permit depends on where the structure is located (the rear-garden zone), the height and the distance to the property boundary, and the municipality's environment and planning policy. A rear dormer or small extension is often permit-free; a roof extension, a front extension or work on a listed building almost never is. Even permit-free construction must comply with the technical building requirements of the Buildings Decree (Bbl).

If a permit is required, the standard procedure applies: the municipality decides within 8 weeks, with a one-off extension of 6 weeks. Your plans are assessed against the Buildings Decree (Bbl), the environment and planning policy, and the aesthetics committee criteria. In Nijmegen we know and check the aesthetics policy from the municipality in advance, so your design passes the assessment first time. Read more about the applying for an environmental permit.

Other cities in Gelderland

Tekenpunt works throughout Gelderland. See also our page for construction drawings and permits in these cities:

Why Tekenpunt in Nijmegen

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Recente projecten in Nijmegen

We verzorgden tot nu toe 17 projecten in Nijmegen, sinds 2016. Een greep uit de recente verbouwingen waarvoor we tekenden:

Construction drawing in Nijmegen: frequently asked questions