TY  - UNPB
N2  - In the near future the new environment and planning act (omgevingswet) will be introduced in the 
Netherlands. One of the fields the new act changes most is citizen participation. Because of the 
complexity and width of the new act there is a high change for the existence of a gap between the 
policy intention and the eventual implementation especially within the field of citizen participation. 
The research focuses on the nature of the policy intention- implementation gap within a municipality
in the field of citizen participation. The intention of the act was uncovered by analysing the legal text 
of the new act. The (planned for) implementation was uncovered by interviews with experts from the 
municipality. When the nature of the gap was uncovered the reasons for the appearance of the gap 
were identified. The main research question that has been formulated for this research is as follows: 
?What is the nature of the policy intention- implementation gap that will emerge with citizen 
participation in the new environment and planning act??

The intended level of citizen participation in the new environmental and planning act is lower than
the implemented level of citizen participation in practice. This means that there is a positive gap 
between the intention and the implementation of the new act. The reasons for this can be found in 
societal pressure, political pressure, the lack of hard requirements in the new act and the culture of 
the implementing party. 

The conclusion for this research project is that there is a gap between the intention and the 
implementation of the new environment and planning act in the field of citizen participation. The 
nature of this gap is positive, this means that the implementation is of a higher level than was originally
intendent by policymakers.
M1  - pre_master
ID  - theses_frw3983
AV  - public
TI  - The policy (intention -) implementation gap in the Environment and Planning Act for  citizen participation
EP  - 24
A1  - Haveman, Niels Willem
UR  - https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3983/
Y1  - 2022///
ER  -