Asbestos removal

What is it?

When asbestos breaks, burns or crumbles, it releases carcinogenic substances. Therefore, you must follow strict rules if you want to remove asbestos.

  • If you want to remove asbestos in or near your home, you must always report this to the municipality. Even if, for example, you can build or renovate without a permit, you must report the release of asbestos.
  • If you are not the owner of the property, but the tenant, you must first contact the landlord.

For more questions and answers, contact the InfoMil Knowledge Center at Rijkswaterstaat.

What to do.

If you are going to remove asbestos, you must file a demolition notification.

Make the notification at least 4 weeks before you are going to remove the asbestos. In the following cases, do so no later than 5 working days in advance:

  • As an individual, you remove bolted boards in which the asbestos fibers are bonded (not roof slates). It must be asbestos from homes or outbuildings on your property that are not intended or used for your profession or business. You may remove a maximum of 35 m2 per plot.
  • As an individual, you remove floor tiles or unglued floor covering containing asbestos. It must be asbestos from homes or outbuildings on your property that are not intended or used for your profession or business. You may remove a maximum of 35 m2 per plot.

After the demolition notification

The municipality will send you an acknowledgement of receipt of the demolition notification. If your notification is not complete, you will be notified and must submit a new notification. If your notification is complete, the municipality may set Requirements the demolition work. You must comply with these Requirements .

Report start and end of work

  • You notify the municipality at least 2 business days in advance that you will begin removing asbestos.
  • If you have finished the work, report it on the 1st working day after you have finished the work.

What do I need?

Information accompanying the notification

  • name and address owner of the building containing asbestos
  • name and address performer of work
  • address, cadastral number and type of building
  • the dates and times you will demolish
  • how you are going to demolish
  • details of the waste and how you will dispose of it
  • A scale site drawing of the plot showing the structures to be demolished

Asbestos Inventory Report

You must include an asbestos inventory report if you:

  • removes more than 35 m2 of asbestos-containing material;
  • removes asbestos from a building built before 1994.

This report must be prepared by a certified asbestos inventory company.

How long does it take?

You can start removing asbestos 4 weeks after your notification. If you filed a notification for work that you were required to notify no later than 5 business days in advance, you can begin demolition after 5 business days.

If you have been notified that your notification is incomplete, you may not start yet. You must first make a new notification. The deadline will then begin again.

Additional information

If you are not sure if a particular material contains asbestos, check the asbestos road map to get an idea of what materials may contain asbestos. Only a certified company may examine whether asbestos is present. At www.ascert.nl you can search to see if a company is certified as an asbestos removal company.