Hunting grounds, 2020-2021.04

Overview of hunting grounds included in approved hunting plans. A hunting ground is a contiguous terrain consisting of one or more plots on which the same hunting right holder or a group of hunting right holders has the right to hunt. The approval of a hunting plan is in accordance with Section 1 of the Decree of the Flemish Government on the administrative organisation of hunting in the Flemish Region of 25 April 2014 (B.S. 12 June 2014). A hunting plan proposal must be submitted by a hunting rightholder or the game management unit before 1 April to the district commissioner of the province in which the hunting grounds or most of it is located. The district commissioner concerned shall approve the hunting plan before 1 July, after any adjustments have been made, in accordance with Articles 31 and 32 of the above-mentioned Decision. A hunting plan can be adapted during a hunting season. However, an adjustment cannot relate to an extension of the hunting grounds. If no new proposal for hunting plan or a declaration of retention of an unchanged hunting plan is submitted before 1 April of a current year, the approval of the previous year’s hunting plan shall automatically expire on 1 July.