Commune · Brussels-Capital Region · NIS 21001
Anderlecht: counted in Article 8’s total
What the Nature Restoration Regulation counts in this commune, what changed since its 2024 base, and where to look in the atlas.
Article 8(1)
7.0 points under the green line: counted
- Green in urban centres and clusters
- 38.0%1.3 points below the region
- Tree canopy there
- 19.3%11.0 points below the region
- Tree canopy per resident, whole commune
- 27m²
Its urban centres and clusters are 38.0% green and 19.3% tree canopy. A commune is left out of the national count only above 45% and 10%; Anderlecht is not. The verdict holds under every reading of Article 3(20) the test runs.
All 19 communes together: 39.3% green and 30.3% canopy, so the region as a whole is counted.
| Reading | Green | Canopy | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Official reading | 38.0% | 19.3% | Counted |
| Arable land counted as green | 41.9% | 19.3% | Counted |
| Water not counted as green | 36.8% | 19.3% | Counted |
| Commune built from Statbel sectors | 38.1% | 19.5% | Counted |
The zero measurement
In hectares, on the latest open data (2021)
| Urban ecosystem | Area | Green | Canopy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban centres and clusters | 1770 ha | 673 ha · 38.0% | 342 ha · 19.3% |
| The whole commune | 1774 ha | 675 ha · 38.0% | 343 ha · 19.3% |
The form of the Dutch national zero measurement (PBL, 25 August 2026), with both boundaries the Commission leaves to a country. The Woody Vegetation Layer 2021 is allowed for draft plans only; the 2024 layer is shared with national authorities, not published.
Since the 2024 base
Tree canopy −0.6 ha beyond noise by summer 2026
| Summer 2025 | Lost | Gained | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban green | −1.3 ha | 0.0 ha | −1.3 ha |
| Tree canopy | −1.4 ha | 0.0 ha | −1.4 ha |
| Built-up | 0.0 ha | +3.1 ha | +3.1 ha |
| Summer 2026 | Lost | Gained | Net |
| Urban green | −2.8 ha | +2.4 ha | −0.5 ha |
| Tree canopy | −0.9 ha | +0.3 ha | −0.6 ha |
| Built-up | 0.0 ha | +3.5 ha | +3.5 ha |
Hectares as Dynamic World classifies the ground, summed over this commune’s sectors that moved beyond noise against their twelve matched places. Not the official layers, which do not exist yet for 2025 and 2026.
What the season bulletins name here
- Scheut-Internat · 2025 · building site−0.035 NDVI
- Parc Forestier · 2026 · canopy loss, two instruments agree−0.027 NDVI
- Peterbos · 2026 · building site−0.044 NDVI
Summers 2017–2019→2021–2024
3 sectors greener and 3 lost beyond noise, of 77 measured
Greenness against matched places
- Bon Air - Centre · lost−0.079
- Aubade · greener+0.049
- Hopital U.L.B. · greener+0.044
- Ceria - Zone D'Habitat · lost−0.038
- Bon Air - Habitations Disp. · lost−0.037
- Stade Communal - Industrie · greener+0.036
Built-up ground against matched places
Built-up ground: 0 sealed and 2 unsealed beyond noise.
- Zuen - Industrie · unsealed−0.026
- Arboretum · unsealed−0.025
On the record
Registered, audited and the dossier
Registered before the works
- Réaménagement du parc à Neerpede · no comparable places: refused before the works
Audits