Need a construction drawing, environmental permit or structural calculation in Nijmegen? Tekenpunt delivers permit-ready drawings from €349 incl. VAT, usually planned by arrangement (rush available for a surcharge), and 90% pass the aesthetics review first time. We work for all of Nijmegen and the surrounding area remotely, and know the municipality's aesthetics policy.
Nijmegen has around 87,800 homes (2025) with an average WOZ (official property) value of 387,000 euros. Having a construction drawing made in Nijmegen costs from €349 incl. VAT at Tekenpunt. We deliver permit-ready construction drawings, environmental permits and structural calculations throughout Nijmegen and the Arnhem-Nijmegen region, usually planned by arrangement (rush available for a surcharge), and 90% pass the aesthetics review first time.
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 do the drawing work digitally and remotely and submit the application to the municipality of Nijmegen. We know the local aesthetic-review and zoning rules, so your plan passes the assessment first time. Where needed, our own structural engineer prepares the calculation.
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.
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.
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.
Your application in Nijmegen follows fixed steps: a free intake, the design with an aesthetic-review check upfront, the structural calculation by our own structural engineer where needed, and then we submit the environmental permit to the municipality of Nijmegen. We do the drawing work 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 Arnhem-Nijmegen region, you pay the same fixed price upfront.
Since the Environment and Planning Act (Omgevingswet, 1 January 2024) you apply for an environmental permit via the Omgevingsloket. Some renovations are permit-free, others require a permit. Permit check included: if a permit turns out to be required, we submit it for you for €200 incl. VAT + municipal fees (set by your municipality).
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.
Alongside standalone drawing prices, we have three fixed packages: Drawing, Drawing + structural calculation and Complete (including submitting the environmental permit). See the packages and prices.
Answer three questions for an instant indication of whether you can build permit-free. Based on the national rules (Environment and Planning Act/Bbl); we always confirm it with a free check.
Nijmegen is the oldest city in the Netherlands and is located in the province of Gelderland on the bank of the Waal, at the boundary of the Groene Metropoolregio Arnhem-Nijmegen and the Rijk van Nijmegen. The city combines a nationally protected historic city centre with large-scale post-war expansions and modern new-build developments on the Waalsprong in the north.
We provide construction drawings, building permits and structural calculations in all neighbourhoods of Nijmegen. The housing stock differs per area, and with it the typical renovation and the aesthetic review requirements.
Our service area extends to the municipalities around Nijmegen. There too we draw remotely and submit the permit to the correct municipality.
Tekenpunt works throughout Gelderland. See also our page for construction drawings and permits in these cities:
Choose your renovation for the starting price of the drawing work in Nijmegen. You will receive the exact price after a free intake, always fixed in advance and without additional billing.
Drawing work = design + permit set. Construction costs = an indication for the build by a contractor, not by us.
We've delivered 17 projecten in Nijmegen, since 2016. A selection of the recent renovations we drew for:
Looking for the existing construction drawing of your home? You can request it from the municipality: usually via the (city) archive or the building-file desk, often digitally and sometimes for a small fee. A useful starting point to get to know your home.
Please note: archive drawings are often outdated and regularly differ from the actual situation. For a permit application or renovation they are rarely directly usable.
Planning a renovation? Then you need an up-to-date, permit-ready drawing. We measure your home and draw the existing and new situation in full, including the permit application. Request a free quote.
Step by step: how to request a construction drawing from the municipality
Yes. We draw for the whole of Nijmegen and the surrounding area. We carry out the draughting work remotely and submit the building permit application to the municipality of Nijmegen. We know or check the municipality's aesthetic review policy.
Yes, from the municipality: usually via the (city) archive or the building-file desk, often digitally and sometimes for a small fee. Note: archive drawings are often outdated; for a renovation or permit application you need an up-to-date drawing and that is what we make.
A permit-ready drawing starts from €349 incl. VAT; the exact price depends on the type of renovation and its size. Calculate your price with the calculator on the type page or request a no-obligation quote.
The statutory period is 8 weeks (standard procedure, Environment and Planning Act), with a possible 6-week extension. Our applications are prepared so that the municipality can start processing them straight away.
Building permit applications in Nijmegen are reviewed by the Adviescommissie Omgevingskwaliteit (Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality, formerly the Commissie Beeldkwaliteit), which has operated under the Environment and Planning Act since 1 January 2024 on the basis of the Verordening Adviescommissie Omgevingskwaliteit Nijmegen. The design quality policy is set out in the Welstandsnota 2013 and related design quality implementation policies.
Whether you live in Nijmegen or elsewhere in the Arnhem-Nijmegen region: we handle design, structural engineering and permit from A to Z. Since 2016, 930 projects. Request a no-obligation quote.