THE STYLE AND CONTENT OF CARTOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATIONS IN STRATEGIC SPATIAL PLANNING IN THE NETHERLANDS, GERMANY AND ENGLAND - The Visual Language of Spatial Planning - page 87

Groningen

Groningen

N Friesland

Drenthe

Noord-
Holland

Zaanstad

Flevoland

Haarlem Amsterdam

Overijssel

Haarlemmermeer

Enschede

Apeldoorn

Amersfoort

Leiden

Utrecht
Zoetermeer

Den Haag

Gelderland

Utrecht

Arnhem

Rotterdam

Zuid-Holland

Nijmegen

Dordrecht

Noord-Brabant

Breda Tilburg

Zeeland

Eindhoven

Limburg

0 50 km

Maastricht

Figure 4.1 The Dutch provinces
Source: Kragt et al . (2003: 332)

pared at the municipal level: the Structuurplan (structure plan) and the detailed
Bestemmingsplan (local land use plan). The indicative Structuurplan is intended to
provide a context for the Bestemmingsplan , though this instrument is predomi-
nantly in place only in urban areas. The most important planning instrument at local
level is the Bestemmingsplan , which is the only plan that is legally binding on cit-
izens, organisations and public bodies (also at national and provincial levels), but
only after it has been approved by the province (Kragt et al. , 2003).