Drenthe Provincial Environmental Ordinance 2018: Agricultural Land-Use Designations

A 2018 geospatial layer from the Dutch province of Drenthe defines land parcels for agricultural holdings linked to existing land. The map excludes operations primarily focused on pig, poultry, or goat farming. This data was adopted by the provincial government on October 3, 2018, and is provided by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.

Use Cases

• Map agricultural zoning compliance based on the land-linked business definitions.
• Analyze spatial distribution of permitted farm types based on the ordinance's exclusions.
• Support environmental impact assessments for land development based on the regulatory layer.
• Integrate with other land-use datasets for regional planning based on the official provincial boundaries.

Strengths

• Provides an official, legally adopted regulatory layer from a provincial government.
• Offers a specific spatial definition for a targeted agricultural business category.
• Has a clear adoption date of October 3, 2018.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Likely digitized from the official Provincial Environmental Ordinance (Drenthe).

Time Range

Reflects the ordinance adopted on October 3, 2018.

Freshness

Last updated is unknown.

Geography

Province of Drenthe, Netherlands.