What can you build in the province of North Holland?
The Perceelscan works for every address in the 44 municipalities of the province of North Holland. Together they have 14,047 national monuments (rijksmonumenten); 45% of the buildings were built before 1970. Type your address and see for free what applies to your plot.
Find your address in the province of North Holland
The check is free: you see the plot, what stands on it and whether there is a monument or protected townscape. The full report costs €39 incl. VAT.
The municipalities in North Holland with the most national monuments
- Amsterdam: 7,681 national monuments
- Haarlem: 1,174 national monuments
- Alkmaar: 576 national monuments
- Hoorn: 378 national monuments
- Enkhuizen: 361 national monuments
- Waterland: 321 national monuments
- Gooise Meren: 312 national monuments
- Wijdemeren: 284 national monuments
- Zaanstad: 275 national monuments
- Bloemendaal: 270 national monuments
The municipalities in North Holland with the most buildings from before 1970
- Hilversum: 80% of the buildings built before 1970
- Gooise Meren: 74% of the buildings built before 1970
- Laren: 72% of the buildings built before 1970
- Haarlem: 71% of the buildings built before 1970
- Heemstede: 70% of the buildings built before 1970
- Bloemendaal: 67% of the buildings built before 1970
- Zandvoort: 63% of the buildings built before 1970
- Amsterdam: 59% of the buildings built before 1970
- Den Helder: 52% of the buildings built before 1970
- Velsen: 52% of the buildings built before 1970
The 44 municipalities of North Holland
- Aalsmeer
- Alkmaar
- Amstelveen
- Amsterdam
- Bergen (NH)
- Beverwijk
- Blaricum
- Bloemendaal
- Castricum
- Den Helder
- Diemen
- Dijk en Waard
- Drechterland
- Edam-Volendam
- Enkhuizen
- Gooise Meren
- Haarlem
- Haarlemmermeer
- Heemskerk
- Heemstede
- Heiloo
- Hilversum
- Hollands Kroon
- Hoorn
- Huizen
- Koggenland
- Landsmeer
- Laren
- Medemblik
- Oostzaan
- Opmeer
- Ouder-Amstel
- Purmerend
- Schagen
- Stede Broec
- Texel
- Uitgeest
- Uithoorn
- Velsen
- Waterland
- Wijdemeren
- Wormerland
- Zaanstad
- Zandvoort
Sources: CBS (Statistics Netherlands), Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2024 (85984NED), CC BY 4.0; Cultural Heritage Agency (RCE), via PDOK; Natura 2000, Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), via PDOK; Indicative areas needing attention for foundation problems (Indicatieve aandachtsgebieden funderingsproblematiek), KCAF/RVO, via PDOK. Retrieved on 21 October 2026.
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