Urban is responsible for managing renovation grants, implementing regional policy on urban planning, implementing regional policy on the conservation of movable and immovable heritage and managing operational programmes such as the Neighbourhood Contracts / Sustainable Neighbourhoods and the Urban Policy. → Read more
Launched in 2021 by the Brussels Capital Region and co-produced by Urban and A+ Architecture in Belgium, the Brussels Architecture Prize honours Brussels and its architects.
Since 2020, the Brussels Capital Region has been decolonising its public space. Between 2023 and 2025, Urban is coordinating the partners responsible for putting this into action.
Brussels, capital of Art Nouveau. On the occasion of Art Nouveau Brussels 2023, Urban finances a broad range of activities in order to promote and give greater publicity to Art Nouveau.
Discover this evolving document, which incorporates the various guides, standards, plans and tools that define the regional objectives with regard to the development of public spaces, and gives project developers the keys to designing their projects.
The Urbanism Directorate informs you on town planning procedures and deals with your regional planning permit applications.
MyPermit is the platform that allows you to submit, complete and track your planning and environmental permit applications online.
The Cultural Heritage Directorate implements regional heritage conservation policy.
The Urban Renovation Directorate aims to fight cankers and repair the urban fabric.
Renolution can help you with your renovation.
This second focus showcases the art of glass, as a prelude to the opening of no fewer than three exhibitions in the capital dedicated to this unique and precious material.
Read on for various flagship projects taking shape in several Brussels municipalities as part of the first five URCs.
2025: A decisive year for owners of historic lifts
For its 37th edition, the Heritage Days invite you to rediscover the tangible and intangible heritage of the city under the theme « ART DECO, Roaring Twenties, Crash Years »
Throughout 2025, Urban and visit.brussels will be inviting you to discover the different facets of Brussels' Art Deco world.
Throughout 2025, and to mark the centenary of the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts, Urban and visit.brussels invite you to discover the different facets of Brussels’ Art Deco world!
urban.brussels (previously Brussels Urbanism and Heritage) is an administrative body in the Brussels Capital Region. Its main objective is to support the sustainable territorial development of the Region. Urban.brussels implements regional policy in terms of urban planning, cultural heritage and management of operational programmes for urban regeneration.
urban.brussels carries out missions relating to grants for the renovation and embellishment of facades as well as legal advice, in particular the reform of the CoBAT. Drawing on significant internal expertise, Urban.brussels plays a central role in raising public awareness of the fact that we are building the city of the future today.
