NL Natura2000 Afstandscheck per Adres

Checks a Dutch address, postcode, or coordinate against the official national Natura2000 boundaries and reports the nearest protected nature area(s) — with the exact distance in meters and whether the location falls inside one. Built for the pre-screening step before a full stikstofberekening/AERIUS assessment, not as a replacement for it.

When should an AI agent use this?

• "Is this construction address within a Natura2000 area or nearby?"
• "How far is this address from the nearest protected nature reserve?"
• "Check a list of addresses for stikstof/nitrogen permit risk before we file a Wnb/Wabo application."
• "Does this farm/livestock expansion site fall inside a nitrogen-sensitive zone?"
• "Which Natura2000 area is closest to this property, and what's its protection type (Vogelrichtlijn/Habitatrichtlijn)?"
• "Screen a batch of development sites for Natura2000 proximity before commissioning an AERIUS calculation."

What this Actor does

• Geocodes any Dutch address, postcode, place name, or "lat,lon" coordinate via the official PDOK Locatieserver
• Queries the official PDOK Natura2000 WFS (RVO/PDOK, CC0) for the boundaries of all 162 Dutch Natura2000 areas
• Computes the real distance (in meters) from the location to the nearest area boundary — not just a bounding-box guess
• Flags explicitly whether the location falls inside a Natura2000 area
• Returns up to N nearest areas per location (configurable), each with name, protection type (Vogelrichtlijn/Habitatrichtlijn), official status, and distance
• Automatically widens the search radius once if nothing is found nearby (large parts of the Netherlands are >15 km from the nearest area)
• Processes up to 50 locations per run, with configurable concurrency

Input

Field	Type	Description	Example
locaties	array of strings	Address, postcode, place name, or "lat,lon" per location (1-50)	["Bathseweg 27, Rilland"]
concurrency	integer	How many locations to process in parallel	3
zoekstraalMeter	integer	Search radius in meters (1,000-50,000) around the point	25000
maxGebieden	integer	Max. number of nearest areas returned per location (1-10)	3

Output

{
  "invoer": "Bathseweg 27, Rilland",
  "gevonden": true,
  "fout": null,
  "foutcode": null,
  "weergavenaam": "Bathseweg 27, 4411BA Rilland",
  "postcode": "4411BA",
  "gemeente": "Reimerswaal",
  "provincie": "Zeeland",
  "lat": 51.41533763,
  "lon": 4.18586885,
  "geocodingScore": 19.1,
  "geocodingBetrouwbaarheid": "hoog",
  "ligtBinnenGebied": false,
  "dichtstbijzijndeGebied": {
    "naam": "Westerschelde & Saeftinghe",
    "sitecodeVogelrichtlijn": "NL9803061",
    "sitecodeHabitatrichtlijn": "NL9803061",
    "beschermingstype": "Vogel- en Habitatrichtlijn",
    "status": "Natura 2000-besluit 2010, wijzigingsbesluit 2012",
    "afstandMeter": 797,
    "ligtBinnen": false
  },
  "gebieden": [ "..." ],
  "zoekstraalToegepast": 25000,
  "bron": "PDOK Natura2000 WFS (service.pdok.nl/rvo/natura2000) + PDOK Locatieserver (geocoding)"
}

fout is a human-readable error message (null on success). foutcode is a machine-readable classification for agents/automation, one of:

Code	Retryable?	Meaning
null	—	No error.
GEEN_GEOCODING_MATCH	No	PDOK Locatieserver found no match for this input — retrying the same input won't help.
UPSTREAM_ERROR	Yes	Temporary HTTP/connectivity failure at PDOK Locatieserver or the PDOK Natura2000 WFS (after built-in retries) — a later run may succeed.
ONBEKENDE_FOUT	No	Unexpected error that doesn't fit the categories above.

Use cases

• Pre-screen a construction or renovation site before deciding whether a full AERIUS/stikstofberekening is needed
• Batch-check a portfolio of agricultural/livestock sites for nitrogen-sensitive-zone proximity before a farm expansion application
• Add a Natura2000-distance field to a real-estate or land-development due-diligence dossier
• Feed a permit-advisory workflow with an early, automated red flag before commissioning expensive external studies

Pricing

This Actor uses Apify's Pay-Per-Event (PPE) pricing model.

• Actor Start: $0.00005 (Apify default)
• locatie-resultaat: $0.006 per location that resolves and is checked against the Natura2000 boundaries (locations where geocoding fails are not charged)
• binnen-stikstofgevoelig-gebied-signaal: $0.01 extra per location that actually falls inside a Natura2000 area (a rarer, more actionable result)

Legal

Uses only official, open, CC0-licensed government data: the PDOK Natura2000 WFS (RVO/PDOK) for area boundaries, and the PDOK Locatieserver for geocoding. No personal data is processed. This Actor provides an indicative pre-screening result only — it is not a substitute for an official AERIUS/stikstofberekening or a formal Wet natuurbescherming (Wnb) assessment, and distances are computed with a local approximation (accurate to a few meters), not an official survey-grade calculation.

FAQ

Q: Is this a replacement for an AERIUS calculation? A: No. This is an indicative distance/proximity screening to help decide whether a full AERIUS/stikstofberekening is worth commissioning — it does not calculate nitrogen deposition.

Q: How accurate is the distance? A: The area boundaries come directly from the official PDOK Natura2000 WFS; the distance is computed locally against the real polygon geometry (not a bounding-box estimate), accurate to within a few meters for the purpose of a screening check.

Q: What if my location is far from any Natura2000 area? A: The Actor automatically widens its search radius once (up to 100 km) if nothing is found within the configured radius, so you always get the true nearest area(s), not an empty result.

Q: Does this cover all of the Netherlands? A: Yes — the PDOK Natura2000 WFS contains all 162 Dutch Natura2000 areas, including the three marine areas in the North Sea EEZ.

Related Actors

• NL Bodemrisico Check — same geocoding pattern, checks the same address against known soil contamination (Bodemloket) instead of Natura2000 boundaries; often relevant for the same due-diligence dossier.
• Vastgoed XXL — combines multiple official Dutch geo-data sources (CBS, RWS, RVO) into one property dossier; a natural companion enrichment.

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Zoekwoorden: Natura2000, stikstoftoetsing, AERIUS, stikstofgevoelig gebied, Wet natuurbescherming, Wnb-check, natuurvergunning, omgevingsvergunning stikstof, Vogelrichtlijn, Habitatrichtlijn.

Keywords

natura2000, nitrogen, stikstof, netherlands, pdok, environmental-permit, wnb, aerius, protected-area, geocoding

Changelog

0.2.1

• Renamed output fields liggtBinnen → ligtBinnen and liggtBinnenGebied → ligtBinnenGebied (Dutch spelling fix; no external consumers existed at the time of the rename).
• locatie-resultaat is now only charged for locations that resolve and are successfully checked against the Natura2000 boundaries — records that fail anywhere along the way (geocoding miss or upstream/WFS error) deliver no boundary data and are not billed.

0.2.0

• Added a machine-readable foutcode field next to fout (agent-readiness improvement) — GEEN_GEOCODING_MATCH / UPSTREAM_ERROR (retryable) / ONBEKENDE_FOUT. No changes to the underlying geocoding/Natura2000-distance logic.
• Rewrote the Store description to lead with the task, add explicit NL/EN synonyms, an explicit decision-advantage sentence, and a price indication.

0.1.0

• Initial release.