Commune · Brussels-Capital Region · NIS 21016
Uccle: left out of Article 8’s count
Uccle / Ukkel
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)
Over both lines: left out of the count
- Green in urban centres and clusters
- 60.8%21.5 points above the region
- Tree canopy there
- 52.6%22.3 points above the region
- Tree canopy per resident, whole commune
- 158m²
Its urban centres and clusters are 60.8% green and 52.6% tree canopy. A commune is left out of the national count only above 45% and 10%; Uccle is. 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 | 60.9% | 52.6% | Exempt |
| Arable land counted as green | 61.1% | 52.6% | Exempt |
| Water not counted as green | 60.8% | 52.6% | Exempt |
| Commune built from Statbel sectors | 60.1% | 52.0% | Exempt |
The zero measurement
In hectares, on the latest open data (2021)
| Urban ecosystem | Area | Green | Canopy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban centres and clusters | 1976 ha | 1202 ha · 60.8% | 1040 ha · 52.6% |
| The whole commune | 2318 ha | 1537 ha · 66.3% | 1367 ha · 59.0% |
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 +2.1 ha beyond noise by summer 2026
| Summer 2025 | Lost | Gained | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban green | −1.3 ha | +0.6 ha | −0.7 ha |
| Tree canopy | −1.4 ha | +0.5 ha | −0.9 ha |
| Built-up | −0.6 ha | +1.1 ha | +0.5 ha |
| Summer 2026 | Lost | Gained | Net |
| Urban green | −1.7 ha | 0.0 ha | −1.7 ha |
| Tree canopy | −2.1 ha | +4.3 ha | +2.1 ha |
| Built-up | 0.0 ha | +1.2 ha | +1.2 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
- Wolvendael · 2025 · canopy loss, two instruments agree−0.041 NDVI
- Wolvendael · 2026 · canopy loss, two instruments agree−0.032 NDVI
Summers 2017–2019→2021–2024
0 sectors greener and 0 lost beyond noise, of 50 measured
Greenness against matched places
No sector here moved beyond noise.
Built-up ground against matched places
Built-up ground: 0 sealed and 3 unsealed beyond noise.
- Zeecrabbe · unsealed−0.029
- Zwartebeek · unsealed−0.025
- Centre-Ouest · unsealed−0.025